Dry it in the sun, brew it in water: good for beauty, appetite and liver protection
I wonder if you're like Huahua, losing your appetite whenever the seasons change and not wanting to eat anything. When I was at home, every time the seasons changed, my mom would buy me some hawthorn, and at home she'd use all kinds of methods to make me hawthorn water, dry hawthorn slices, hawthorn compote and so on to whet my appetite.
Speaking of which, mom really made a lot of hawthorn things. Now that the summer-to-autumn seasonal change has arrived, everyone has been unwilling to eat during the hot summer, and now that the weather has finally turned cool, Huahua quickly wants to recommend a few hawthorn recipes so everyone can whet their appetite and eat a bit more!
Everyone knows hawthorn well, candied hawthorn skewers are everywhere at the market. But hawthorn isn't just for eating, it also has many benefits for our bodies!
Hawthorn contains a lot of vitamin C, carotene and other substances. Friends who usually pay attention to beauty and skincare must know that these two substances are immensely useful for women! Not only can they promptly replenish vitamins for the body, they can also provide antioxidant benefits and help with weight loss. Some people spend a lot of money on weight-loss pills and skincare products, but Huahua thinks it's better to eat more natural foods for nutritional supplementation.
Hawthorn also has the effect of lowering blood lipids and protecting the liver. When you have nothing to do at home, you can buy some hawthorn, remove the pits, then soak it in water for a while, then put the water, hawthorn and rock sugar into a pot to make a simple, appetite-whetting hawthorn compote with no additives. After the hawthorn compote cools down, put it in the fridge to chill, and the taste is really great! When you have no appetite, you can also use hawthorn compote to whet it.
Fresh hawthorn is not easy to keep, let alone hawthorn compote, so the hawthorn compote you make should be eaten as soon as possible to prevent it from spoiling. If you buy a lot of hawthorn at once and can't finish it, we can dry the hawthorn into dried hawthorn slices, which will keep for a longer time.
After hawthorn is made into dried hawthorn slices, we can use the dried hawthorn slices to brew in water in our daily life. Hawthorn water has so many benefits. The antioxidant substances in hawthorn can block the formation of free radicals in the human body, can delay aging, and improve your immunity. If we eat too much on a regular day, we can also drink some hawthorn water to promote digestion, but we still need to remind everyone not to eat too much.
Hawthorn has many effects and benefits; it can boost immunity and also protect the cardiovascular system. But Huahua also wants to remind everyone that even good things should not be eaten too much. Hawthorn is sour in nature, so don't drink hawthorn water on an empty stomach in daily life. If you drink hawthorn water on an empty stomach for a long time, it will be bad for your stomach, and you may even get stomach problems.
In short, the reason for introducing hawthorn's effects to everyone is the hope that it can make your appetite a bit better, help you eat a bit more, so you can work energetically during the day and sleep peacefully at night.