Indication of Hawthorn Fruit in Chinese medicine
– When you have digestive problems due to *stagnant food in the stomach.
How do you know if it is food stagnation that is causing your digestive problems?
You must have at least 2 symptoms from the list below :
- Poor appetite or even disgust with food
- A pasty mouth
- Bad breath (food or acid smell)
- Fetid discharge
- Fetid flatulence
- Abdominal distension
- Stomach pain
- Nausea, even vomiting
- Stools with undigested food
- Alternating constipation and diarrhea
*Food stagnation is mainly due to an overconsumption of fatty foods such as too much meat, too much milk but also too much sugar. This tires the digestive system, even blocking it.
Cenelles are particularly adapted to help digest fatty foods, by clearing the digestive system and thus avoiding food stagnation.
Hawthorn berries are also recommended for:
– Lowering elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels
– Supporting healthy blood pressure
– Improving blood circulation, particularly in cases of:
- Blood stasis* that causes missed menstrual periods
- Blood stasis during the postpartum recovery period
*blood stasis is an abnormal stagnation of blood
Properties according to Chinese medicine
- Reduces food stagnation and transforms accumulations
- Regulates and circulates the blood (transforms blood stases)
- Drives out *accumulations
- Astringent
*An accumulation is a disorder characterized by abdominal distension and/or pain. It is often caused by an emotional problem resulting in stagnation of Qi or Blood. However, it can also often occur due to poor eating habits. It occurs mainly in the Middle Burner (stomach and spleen).
Instructions for use and dosage
Place 9g of dried cenelles in a large cup (a mug), fill it to 90% with simmering spring water (about 200-250ml). Cover the mug and let infuse for 15 minutes.
Hawthorn Fruit combinations
To improve digestion, lower cholesterol and against hypertension, mix with lotus leaves (He Ye), cassia seeds (Jue Ming Zi), chrysanthemum flowers (Ju Hua) and rosebuds (Mei Gui Hua). See the anti cholesterol/hypertension herbal tea
Contraindication
In cases of digestive disorders with no signs of food stagnation (see above how to know if there is food stagnation) and during numerous acid regurgitations.
A word from David Brun
(Graduate of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine)
Hawthorn Fruit (Shan Zha – 山楂) awakens the spleen, unravels the stomach, promotes food consumption and aids digestion.
Hawthorn Fruit alone are particularly suitable during disorders due to excessive consumption of meat and fatty food. They also have an action on the liver.
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