Hawthorn has been used as a Chinese herbal medicine as early as in ancient times, and there are rich descriptions of its efficacy in traditional Chinese medicine theory. In recent years, modern scientific research has also confirmed the effectiveness of hawthorn in lowering blood pressure. However, there is no clear timetable to measure the antihypertensive effect of hawthorn, because it is affected by many factors, including individual differences, health status, and medication methods. Therefore, the time described below is for reference only, and the situation of each individual may be different.
In modern fast-paced life, high blood pressure has become a health hazard for more and more people. Hawthorn, as a Chinese herbal medicine, is widely used to lower blood pressure and has gradually attracted people's attention. When it comes to hawthorn lowering blood pressure, many people will have a question, that is, how long does it take for hawthorn to play a role in lowering blood pressure?
The time for hawthorn to lower blood pressure is not a fixed period of time, because it is affected by many factors, including personal physical condition, the way and frequency of eating hawthorn, and whether other antihypertensive measures are taken at the same time. Doctors say that if patients with hypertension do not want to take medicine for a long time, they can try soaking hawthorn in water, which is economical and has no side effects.
Hawthorn is slightly warm in nature, sour and sweet in taste. It enters the spleen, stomach, and liver meridians. It has the effects of digestion and stomach, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and astringing and stopping diarrhea. According to studies, hawthorn is rich in flavonoids, and progesterone can effectively dilate blood vessels, improve vascular vitality, and increase blood flow in blood vessels, which can lower blood pressure and cholesterol and triglycerides in blood vessels in turn, and can effectively improve microcirculation, thereby effectively preventing and treating atherosclerosis. Therefore, hawthorn has a good preventive and therapeutic effect on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Therefore, patients with hyperlipidemia, hypertension and coronary heart disease can take 15-30g of raw hawthorn every day and decoct it in water instead of tea. Drinking the following three hawthorn beverages for a year will have an effect beyond imagination.
1. Hawthorn two-flower tea:
Ingredients: 30g hawthorn, 20g honeysuckle, 15g white chrysanthemum
Method: Put the above three flavors into a tea cup, soak with boiling water, cover and simmer for 15-30 minutes, and then take it as tea.
Hawthorn contains a large amount of organic acid, which can enhance the acidity of gastric juice, promote the secretion of gastric juice, help digestion and eliminate greasy substances in the body, reduce blood lipids, and promote blood circulation and blood stasis, dilate blood vessels, and achieve a good blood pressure lowering effect.
Honeysuckle, cold in nature, sweet in taste, enters the lung, heart, and stomach meridians, has a good heat-clearing and detoxifying effect, and has a good effect on preventing colds. At the same time, studies have shown that honeysuckle contains flavonoids such as luteolin and honeysuckle glycosides, which can effectively improve vascular permeability, prevent arteriosclerosis, and reduce intestinal cholesterol absorption and reduce the cholesterol content in plasma. Regular use can achieve a certain therapeutic effect on patients with hyperlipidemia.
White chrysanthemum, slightly cold in nature, spicy, sweet, and bitter in taste. It belongs to the lung and liver meridians. It has the effects of dispersing wind and clearing heat, calming the liver and improving eyesight. Studies have shown that drinking chrysanthemum tea regularly can not only prevent wind-heat colds and relieve eye fatigue, but also significantly expand the coronary arteries of the heart, increase coronary artery flow, prevent and treat angina pectoris, and effectively reduce serum sterols and triglycerides, lower blood pressure, and thus relieve dizziness.
2. Hawthorn Ganoderma Tea:
Ingredients: 15g hawthorn, 15g ganoderma, 10g Polygonum multiflorum, 10g tangerine peel.
Method: Wash and put into the pot first, add appropriate amount of water, the water should be 2~3cm higher than the ingredients, boil and boil, then turn to low heat and simmer for 5 minutes, and then drink the tea.
Ganoderma lucidum, sweet and tonic, flat and warm in nature, enters the lung meridian, replenishes lung qi, warms the lungs and resolves phlegm, relieves cough and asthma, and can often treat phlegm and fluid syndrome, especially for those with cold cough, phlegm and asthma, especially for phlegm-damp type or deficiency-cold type.
Tangerine peel, bitter and spicy, warm in nature. It belongs to the lung and spleen meridians. Tangerine peel has the effects of regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, drying dampness and resolving phlegm, and is often used to treat symptoms such as spleen and stomach qi stagnation and dampness and turbidity in the middle. Tangerine peel also has a certain effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, which can improve blood circulation. At the same time, tangerine peel can also dry dampness and resolve phlegm, and has a good therapeutic effect on symptoms such as cough with phlegm and phlegm retention.
3. Ershan Barley Water:
Ingredients: 15g hawthorn, 30g yam, 15g barley, 150g japonica rice.
Method: First wash the yam hawthorn, barley, and japonica rice, peel the yam, and slice it evenly. Then put them in the pot together, add appropriate amount of water, the water should be 2~3cm higher than the ingredients, boil and boil, then reduce the heat and boil for 5 minutes, and then drink it.
Due to the large amount of organic acid in hawthorn, it will have a relatively sour taste during eating. Yam, which is flat in nature and sweet in taste, can alleviate the sourness of hawthorn. At the same time, yam can not only strengthen the spleen and stomach, benefit the lungs and relieve cough, but also produce fluid and quench thirst, treat diabetes, and effectively lower blood sugar. Coix seed has a good diuretic effect, which can eliminate blood lipids in the body through urine, thereby achieving the effect of lowering blood lipids. Japonica rice has a good effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, enhancing spleen and stomach digestion, not only protecting the spleen and stomach, but also enhancing the power of the spleen and stomach to consume fat. Therefore, Ershan Coix seed porridge has a good effect on hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and hyperglycemia.
Yes, it has been traditionally believed that hawthorn has the effect of lowering blood pressure, but it should be noted that this effect is auxiliary and cannot replace regular medical means. Hawthorn contains flavonoids, such as rutin and quercetin. These flavonoids have antioxidant effects, which can reduce the damage of free radicals to vascular endothelial cells, maintain the normal function of blood vessels, and help lower blood pressure. Moreover, the triterpenoid components in hawthorn, such as ursolic acid, also have a certain blood pressure lowering effect. It can lower blood pressure by regulating vascular tension, dilating blood vessels, and reducing peripheral resistance.
Hawthorn can lower blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels. By lowering blood lipids, it can reduce the burden on blood vessels, improve vascular elasticity, and indirectly play an auxiliary role in lowering blood pressure. Hawthorn is also rich in organic acids, such as hawthorn acid and citric acid, which can promote gastric juice secretion, enhance gastrointestinal motility, and help digestion. Good digestive function helps maintain the body's metabolic balance and has certain benefits for the stability of blood pressure.
Although hawthorn has the effect of assisting in lowering blood pressure, it should not be consumed in excess. Excessive consumption of hawthorn may cause symptoms such as excessive gastric acid and stomach pain. Generally, it is advisable to consume no more than 20 grams of fresh hawthorn per day, and hawthorn products should also be controlled in moderation.
Experiments have shown that hawthorn has a long-lasting antihypertensive effect. Intravenous administration of hawthorn ethanol extract can slowly reduce the blood pressure of anesthetized rabbits for 3 hours. Intravenous injection of 10mg/kg of hawthorn total flavonoids can reduce the blood pressure of cats by 40% and maintain it for 5-10 minutes. Its total extract also has a relatively obvious central antihypertensive effect on rabbits and cats. Intravenous injection, intraperitoneal injection, and duodenal administration of northern hawthorn flavonoids, triterpenes, and hydrolyzates all show different degrees of antihypertensive effects on the blood pressure of anesthetized cats. The blood pressure reduction rates of hawthorn hydrolyzate at 20 mg/kg by intraperitoneal injection and 5-25 mg/kg by intravenous injection were 26% and 32.5%-44.5% respectively; the blood pressure reduction rates of hawthorn flavonoids at 25 mg/kg and 50 mg/kg by intraperitoneal injection, 12.5 mg/kg and 25 mg/kg by intravenous injection, and 100 mg/kg and 150 mg/kg by intraduodenal administration were 45.3%, 66.6%, 52%, 30%, 38.1%, and 39.2% respectively, and the maintenance times were 240 min, 130 min, 100 min, 81 min, 540 min, and 540 min respectively. Hawthorn juice may help lower blood pressure to some extent, but the specific effects may vary from person to person and it is not a substitute for formal medical treatment.
