The effect of drinking licorice and hawthorn in water

Licorice is a common Chinese medicinal material in life. It not only has medicinal functions, but also has health-preserving functions. It can relieve cough and phlegm, and prevent and treat tumors. Hawthorn tastes sour and sweet, and has the effects of helping digestion, strengthening the stomach, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Combining the two and soaking them in water and drinking them is very good for our health. You can learn about their functions in detail. So, what are the benefits of drinking licorice and hawthorn soaked in water? Let’s take a look below.

Blood circulation and blood breaking effect

Hawthorn has a good effect of promoting blood circulation and breaking blood. It can promote the elimination of waste in the blood and speed up the body's metabolism. It can achieve the effect of weight loss, but hawthorn cannot be consumed in excess, as excessive consumption will "break the qi". It needs to be supplemented by licorice, which has the effects of promoting fluid production, activating blood circulation, regulating qi and replenishing qi. The two complement each other. The efficacy of hawthorn licorice tea can be brought into play!

Tonifies the spleen and replenishes qi, clears away heat and detoxifies

Licorice has the effects of tonifying the spleen and replenishing qi, clearing away heat and detoxifying, removing phlegm and relieving cough, relieving pain, and harmonizing various medicines. It is used for spleen and stomach weakness, fatigue, palpitations and shortness of breath, cough with excessive sputum, cramps and pain in the abdomen and limbs, carbuncles and sores, and to relieve the toxicity and potency of drugs. "Bie Lu" records: "Warms the middle and lowers the qi, treats cough caused by internal organs, warms the meridians, benefits the blood and qi, and detoxifies all kinds of medicines." "Rihuazi Bencao" records: "Calms the soul and spirit. Replenishes the five kinds of labor and seven kinds of injuries, treats all kinds of weakness, palpitations, depression, and forgetfulness. Opens the nine orifices, benefits all meridians, nourishes the essence and qi, strengthens the muscles and bones, and relieves cold and heat."

Digestion-promoting and stomach-strengthening effects, blood circulation and blood stasis removal

Hawthorn is sweet in taste, slightly warm and sour in nature, and enters the spleen, stomach, and liver meridians; it has the effects of helping digestion and strengthening the stomach, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and expelling parasites; it can prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases, has the effects of dilating blood vessels, increasing coronary blood flow, improving heart vitality, stimulating the central nervous system, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, softening blood vessels, and having diuretic and sedative effects; it also has a cardiotonic effect, and is also beneficial for senile heart disease; the flavonoids, vitamin C, carotene and other substances contained in hawthorn can block and reduce the generation of free radicals, can enhance the body's immunity, and have anti-aging and anti-cancer effects; hawthorn also contains ingredients that can relieve asthma and resolve phlegm, inhibit bacteria, and treat abdominal pain and diarrhea.