Shaanxi Hawthorn
Hawthorn refers to the fruit of the plants Crataegus pinnatifida, C. major, or C. cuneata from the Rosaceae family. It has a sour and sweet taste with a slightly warm nature. It stimulates appetite and aids digestion, helps resolve food stagnation and accumulations, activates blood circulation to dissipate blood stasis, and regulates qi while resolving phlegm. It is used for issues such as meat stagnation in the digestive tract, abdominal masses, bloating and fullness, abdominal pain due to blood stasis, phlegm retention, diarrhea, and bloody stools caused by intestinal wind.
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