Description
Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge (Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge), also known as Shanliguo, Shanlihong, is the genus Crataegus in the Rosaceae family, a deciduous tree that can reach 6 meters in height.
It is distributed in Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Hebei and other places.
The core is hard, the flesh is thin, and the taste is slightly sour. The fruit can be eaten raw or used as a dried fruit cake. It can be used as medicine after being dried. It is a tree species unique to China for medicine and fruit. It has the functions of lowering blood lipids, blood pressure, strengthening heart, and anti-arrhythmia. , A good medicine for promoting blood circulation and resolving phlegm, has a very good effect on the symptoms of thoracic diaphragm and spleen fullness, hernia, blood stasis and amenorrhea. Vitexin, a flavonoid compound in hawthorn, is a drug with a strong anti-cancer effect. Its extract has a certain effect on inhibiting the growth, proliferation, infiltration and metastasis of cancer cells in the body.
