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When speaking of famous delicacies in freshwater, they include a-gui, iron eggs,tangy hawthorn juicemust-have treasures, among which tangy hawthorn juice is even widely known as a refreshing drink.BeverageIce tangy hawthorn juice not only helps to relieve heat but also has other unexpected benefits. Hawthorns contain abundant organic acids and minerals, and can also aid in digestion of the stomach, promoting appetite on hot summer days. It is a healthy and delicious summer beverage.
Benefits of Hawthorn
1. Relieve fatigue, aid digestion: Hawthorns are rich in citric acid and minerals. Citric acid is an essential acid for cellular substance metabolism in human body cells, it can promote the decomposition of lactate into carbon dioxide and water to be expelled from the body, restoring energy and also beneficial for calcium absorption.In addition, hawthorns can help promote intestinal peristalsis and contract the intestines. Therefore, people with constipation can use eating hawthorns or drinking hawthorn juice to help relieve constipation and aid in digestion.2. Stimulate appetite: Hawthorns can promote the secretion of salivary glands and gastric glands, having a refreshing effect. So during hot summer days when one lacks an appetite due to excessive heat, or pregnant women with changed tastes who have poor appetite, eating hawthorn products can help solve the problem of lack of appetite and difficulty in eating.3. Protect liver: Hawthorns contain sulfur compounds with antioxidant activity that can protect the liver from harm caused by external toxins and enhance its detoxification function. Adding some hawthorns appropriately to each meal can help the body detoxify and protect the liver.
4. Delay aging: Don't underestimate the nutritional value of hawthorns, as they are rich in vitamin B2 and have a much higher calcium content than many fruits. Some studies also suggest that consuming hawthorns in moderation can delay aging because hawthorn products can increase the secretion of salivary glands with parotid hormones, which is an endocrine hormone that promotes skin cell metabolism to achieve beauty effects.
It can also promote the activity of hormonal secretions and delay aging.
[DIY Hawthorn JuiceIngredients: 6 hawthorns,
haws
8 slices, a little rock sugar.Method: Add hawthorns and haws to two large bowls of water in a pot, boil it until boiling. Then switch to low heat and continue to boil for 20 minutes. Next, add rock sugar and cook into hawthorn juice, let it cool and refrigerate.You can adjust the flavor according to personal taste by adding licorice, dried tangerine peel, red osmanthus flowers or
osmanthusto enhance the flavor.Osmanthusetc., to enhance flavor.