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Hawthorn Fruit

Hawthorn Fruit. Class: Digestants. Properties: Sour; Sweet; Slightly Warm. Meridians: Spleen; Stomach; Liver

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Shan Zha
中文名 (Chinese)
山楂
Latin Name
Fructus Crataegi; Crataegi Fructus
English Name
Hawthorn Fruit
Alias Names
檕梅朹子鼠查羊梂赤爪实棠梂子赤枣子山里红果酸枣鼻涕团柿樝子山里果子茅樝猴樝映山红果海红酸梅子山梨酸查野山楂又名:小叶山楂山果子
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Sour; Sweet; Slightly Warm
Meridians (归经)
Spleen; Stomach; Liver
Part Used
Fruit
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Digestants
功效分类 (CN)
消食药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To fortify stomach and disperse food, move qi and dissipate stasis, lower cholesterol.
Indication (主治)
Hyperlipemia, myocardiac ischemia, angina pectoris, meat-type food accumulation, distention fullness in stomach duct, abdominal pain and diarrhea, amenorrhea due to blood stasis, postpartum stasis stagnation abdominal pain, stabbing pain in heart and abdomen, mounting qi .
Clinical Manifestations
1. its active component, triterpenic acid, increases cornary flow and improve systemic circulation.2. exerting prolong hypotensive effect in anesthetized animals.3. counteracting the arrhythmias induced pituitrin in rabbits.4. lower the level of serum cho
🔗 External References
TCMID
3022
TCM-ID
1848
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Clinical Trials
0
Meta-Analyses
1
PubMed References
📋 Sample Trials
None linked yet.
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
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📚 Sample References
PMID 35589704
Anxiolytic and antidepressants' effect of Crataegus pinnatifida (Shan Zha): biochemical mechanisms
Transl Psychiatry · 2022