“Hawthorn is a treasure, it can not only lower three highs but also fight cancer!”

58-year-old Uncle Zhou was found to have more than ten hypertension and hyperlipidemia Years ago, I heard someone say that hawthorn has many benefits. It contains a variety of beneficial ingredients that can lower blood pressure, lower blood lipids, and fight cancer, because hawthorn is sour and can lower blood sugar.

I was so sleepy when someone gave me a pillow! Uncle Zhou took a bunch of medicines every day to control blood pressure and blood lipids. He felt that taking medicine for a long time was not good, and he didn’t want to take it for a long time, so he stopped the medicine and bought a large bag of hawthorn, which was used to soak in water, even boiled water. Don’t drink anymore.

After insisting on this for two years, Uncle Zhou suddenly had a headache and vomiting last week, and was immediately arrested. The family called 120 and sent him to the hospital. The doctor checked and found that Uncle Zhou had suffered a cerebral infarction because he had not taken medicine for a long time.

Uncle Zhou was out of danger after being rescued. After waking up, Uncle Zhou was very puzzled. Didn’t he say that hawthorn can lower blood lipids and blood pressure? How did you eat a brain infarction yourself?

“Eating hawthorn as medicine is hurting yourself!” The doctor severely criticized Uncle Zhou. Hawthorn cannot replace professional antihypertensive and lipid-lowering therapy!

There is an old saying in the folk that “one hawthorn is equal to five medicines”, but can it really become the nemesis of high blood pressure, high blood lipids, high blood sugar, and even cancer?

1. One hawthorn is equal to 5 herbs. Can hawthorn lower three highs and fight cancer?

Many people have the impression that hawthorn is a cool fruit after meals to help digestion. Hawthorn is not just an ordinary fruit. It has been reported in modern domestic and foreign literature that the lipolytic enzyme contained in hawthorn contributes to the The digestion of lipids has the functions of regulating lipids, lowering blood pressure and resisting atherosclerosis.

At present, the research reports on the anti-cancer effect of hawthorn in the medical community are gradually increasing. Can inhibit the DNA biosynthesis of cancer cells and inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells, but has no effect on the growth of normal cells of the organism. In addition, tannin, sitosterol, pentacyclic triterpenoids and other components in hawthorn can inhibit the replication of cancer cell DNA. Induce apoptosis of cancer cells.

Can eating hawthorn really reduce three highs and fight cancer?

There are indeed many studies on the efficacy of hawthorn, but Henan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention Research on Nutrition and Food Safety Office Director Fu Pengyu pointed out that these studies do not show that eating these foods can achieve the purpose of lowering the third high and anti-cancer.

1. In vitro experiments cannot be equivalent to human trials

Most existing anti-cancer drugs Food research is limitedlimited to in vitro and animal experiments, and there is currently no relevant clinical data to support the research arguments. The structure of the human body is complex and different from that of animals and cells. Therefore, the data obtained from in vitro experiments and animal experiments may not be applicable to the human body.

2. The dietary dose is difficult to reach the experimental dose

The anti-cancer ingredients in food are all It is after extraction and purification that a certain dose can be effective. However, the anti-cancer ingredients in food are generally very small. To achieve the purpose of “anti-cancer” only by directly eating food, it may take dozens of pounds or even more, which is difficult to achieve with a normal diet.

Second, focus: not only does hawthorn not lower blood sugar, it may also increase blood sugar

Many people think that hawthorn is sour and can lower blood sugar, but hawthorn tastes sour, but it is genuinehigh sugar fruit , which contains 22% sugar, twice as much as apples, oranges, and other fruits. Therefore, it is completely nonsense to think about reducing blood sugar through hawthorn.

Third, what are the benefits of hawthorn? Eat dry, or drink water?

Yang Baican, a professor at the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine said that hawthorn is delicious, convenient and easy to obtain, and its low price and high quality are not insignificant.

1. Digestion and digestion

In the Compendium of Materia Medica, hawthorn is recorded It has the functions of strengthening the stomach, invigorating the spleen, and digesting food, and also recorded related experimental records: “Boil old chicken, hard meat, and put a few hawthorns into it, and it is easy to rot. Then its power of eliminating meat accumulation can be pushed. Hawthorn can digest food and accumulate food, even high-fat, high-protein “meat accumulation” can also help food accumulation and digestion.

2. Increase appetite

The sour taste of hawthorn can not only promote body fluid and nourish the stomach, but also strengthen the spleen and appetizers and increase appetite. Therefore, while helping digestion, hawthorn can also be used for loss of appetite not caused by food accumulation.

Hawthorn is a good product to aid digestion, so how to eat it to improve its efficacy?

From a nutritional point of view, raw hawthorn is the best, but the taste is too sour. For people who are afraid of acid, you can simmer with water after eating hawthorn to relieve acid irritation.

If you drink it in water, flavonoids and vitamins are soluble in water, but when you drink it in water, most of the ingredients are still in hawthorn, so it is recommended to choose your own according to the situation Favorite way of eating.

Fourth, eat hawthorn, but also keep these notes in mind

< strong>1. Don’t eat too much

Hawthorn is good, but it should not be eaten too much. The tannic acid contained in raw hawthorn is easy to form when combined with gastric acid. Gastric stones that cannot be digested for a long time can cause gastric ulcers, gastric bleeding and even gastric perforation.

2. Don’t eat on an empty stomach

Hawthorn contains a lot of organic acids, fruit acids, Maslinic acid, etc., eating on an empty stomach will increase gastric acid and stimulate gastric mucosa.

3. Some people eat with caution

Although hawthorn is delicious, convenient and easy to get, the price Inexpensive and delicious, it can be used both as medicine and food, but it is not available to everyone. People such as hyperacidity and heavy menstrual flow should use it with caution.

The components of hawthorn are very complex, how many specific anti-cancer components are there, and their efficacy How strong is it, how many toxic and side effects are there… These are still unclear, so it is not advisable to just think that eating hawthorn can achieve the purpose of anti-cancer and cancer treatment. For cancer patients, it is still necessary to follow scientific medical methods for treatment. #Everyone can popularize science, there are new knowledge everywhere# #Number One Weekly#

References:

[1]Guo Na,Sun Yunchao,Wang Xiao .Research progress on the anticancer mechanism of hawthorn[J].Hunan Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2019:170-171.

[2]Expert: Food containing anticancer ingredients ≠ eating can fight cancer. Health Community. 2018-12-25

[3]Although hawthorn is small and famous, it can reduce fat and lose weight and promote digestion. Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 2021-08-15

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