Hawthorn Berry 山楂 🍒

Hawthorn Berry 山楂 🍒

Have you tried having Haw Flakes when you were a child? It was one of the all-time favourite snacks I favoured most during my childhood times. 😋

Hawthorn berry was recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica; it is often used as a herb in TCM practice for digestion-aids, relieving food retention, promotes "Qi" (vital energy) circulation and removes blood stasis. Furthermore, hawthorn berry has also demonstrated efficacy in lowering blood cholesterol, reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases, and treating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and even helps with weight loss too! 🤩

In The Overeater😋, we combined Hawthorn berries, Tangerine Peels, Cassia Seeds and Lotus Leaves, which bring out its delectable taste and aroma while including the benefits of these ingredients.

Hawthorn berries can also be used in our daily food recipe aside from tea recipes due to its sweet-sour flavour, such as Hawthorn Berry Porridge could be a delicious choice that comes with benefits of it too!

💖Gentle Reminder:
Hawthorn berry is excellent for folks who have digestion issues, bloated, and even high blood pressure or cholesterol level too.

⚠️Caution:
Despite all the benefits it brings, Hawthorn berry is not suitable to be consumed by pregnant ladies and those who have existing diarrhoea conditions.

🍒山楂 ，别名山里果。
不知道你们小时候是不是也很爱吃山楂饼？那可是我童年最爱的零嘴之一。😋

在本草纲目里记载，山楂味酸，性冷，无毒。煮水吃，可治水痢（脾胃气虚，不能消化水谷所致，症状有腹中微痛，粪便中杂有食物残渣与脓血，饮食减少，四肢困倦等）。能消化积食，补脾，治小肠，健胃之效。所以，凡是脾弱而消化不良，腹胀闷的人，饭后吃山楂是非常有益的。

同时，山楂对于降血压和血脂也是非常见效的。在调配小吃货的时候，我们将山楂配合陈皮，决明子和荷叶（我们将与下几期分别介绍这几种材料）一起喝，在茶味上非常开胃清香，能降压润肠，加强肠胃蠕动，也能够达到降血压和减肥🤩的功效哦！

另外，山楂除了能泡茶喝，也能够加入膳食中，例如山楂粥，美味且能达到就健胃消食，散瘀血的作用哦！

💖温馨提醒：
山楂特别适合饮食积滞，胸腹胀满，高血压，高血脂的人饮用。

⚠️注意：脾虚便溏者（腹泻，大便不成形）与孕妇却不适合食用山楂，要谨慎使用哦！