Lamb and hawthorn

Because mutton has a mutton smell, many people are not used to eating mutton. However, if mutton is cooked well, it can have a very delicious taste. Especially in winter, eating mutton can help the body remove cold and dampness and enhance the feeling of dryness and heat. I don't need to say much about the effects of hawthorn, and everyone should know it very well. So can hawthorn and mutton be eaten together?

Can hawthorn and mutton be eaten together?

Hawthorn can eliminate meat stagnation and is good to eat with meat.

What foods can’t be eaten with mutton?

Lamb and pumpkin are incompatible and eating them will make you feel nauseous. Rescue: Drink licorice water.

Lamb and watermelon are incompatible and eating them will damage your vitality. Rescue: Boil licorice in water and drink.

Mutton and plums are incompatible and eating them will cause poisoning. Rescue: Boil licorice in water and drink.

Mutton and catfish are incompatible and eating them will cause poisoning. Rescue: Drink human milk.

Mutton and vinegar are incompatible and eating them will damage the heart.

Mutton and bean paste are incompatible and have opposite functions, so they should not be eaten together.

Lamb and cheese are incompatible and have opposite functions, so they should not be eaten together.

Mutton and vinegar are incompatible. Vinegar should be paired with cold foods, but mutton is very hot and should not be paired with vinegar.

Mutton and Pinellia are incompatible, and eating them together will affect the absorption of nutrients.

Sheep liver and red beans are incompatible and eating them together can cause poisoning.

Sheep liver and bamboo shoots are incompatible and eating them together can cause poisoning.

Lamb and chestnuts are incompatible, both are difficult to digest, and it is not suitable to stew or stir-fry them together. Eating them together may even cause vomiting.

The efficacy and function of hawthorn

1. Strengthen the heart, lower blood lipids and blood pressure

Studies have shown that hawthorn can prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases, lower serum cholesterol and triglycerides, and effectively prevent and treat atherosclerosis. Hawthorn can also strengthen the heart and prevent angina pectoris by enhancing myocardial contractility and increasing cardiac output.

In addition, the total flavonoids in hawthorn have the effect of dilating blood vessels and permanently lowering blood pressure. Therefore, patients with hyperlipidemia, hypertension and coronary heart disease can take 15 to 30 grams of raw hawthorn every day, boil it in water and drink it as tea.

2. Treat dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation

Hawthorn has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and is an excellent food therapy for patients with blood stasis type dysmenorrhea. Patients with blood stasis type dysmenorrhea often experience lower abdominal pain on the 1st to 2nd day of menstruation or 1 to 2 days before menstruation. When the menstrual blood flows smoothly, the pain gradually decreases or disappears, and the menstrual blood is dark in color and accompanied by blood clots.

Patients with such symptoms can take 1000 grams of fresh hawthorn with core, wash it, add appropriate amount of water, simmer it on low heat until the hawthorn is cooked, add 250 grams of brown sugar, and simmer for another 10 minutes. When it becomes a thin paste, it can be drunk.

This method is also suitable for those with irregular menstruation and blood stasis as diagnosed by traditional Chinese medicine. Reminder: Some dysmenorrhea symptoms are different and may sometimes be caused by diseases. Therefore, when taking hawthorn, it is best to consult a professional doctor.

3. Appetite

Everyone should be familiar with the effect of hawthorn in strengthening the stomach and helping digestion. Not only do many people eat hawthorn to help digestion, but hawthorn is also the main ingredient of many digestive medicines. Eating hawthorn can help us promote the digestive function of the stomach and enhance metabolic capacity. In addition, the digestion effect of hawthorn is most significant for people who eat too much meat!

4. Can treat diarrhea

Hawthorn contains ingredients that can relieve asthma, reduce phlegm, inhibit bacteria, and treat abdominal pain and diarrhea.

5. Anti-aging

The flavonoids, vitamin C, carotene and other substances contained in hawthorn can block and reduce the generation of free radicals, enhance the body's immunity, and have anti-aging and anti-cancer effects.

6. Promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis

Hawthorn has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, which helps to relieve local congestion and has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on bruises and injuries.

7. Promote the recovery of the uterus

Hawthorn has a contraction effect on the uterus, can induce labor in pregnant women, and can promote the recovery of the uterus after delivery.