What is Chinese hawthorn?
Chinese hawthorn is a shrub or small tree species in the family of roses, which is widespread throughout the Western world and Asia. Within Crataegus , 280 to 1,000 hawthorn species are recognized worldwide, but Chinese hawthorn, Crataegus Pinnatifida is one of the most cultural species in the group. It is grown as a herb or a decorative tree and a shrub that produces white, pink or red flowers that usually have a disgusting odor, but are an important source of nectar for butterflies and other insects. The fruit of the shrub is used by many animals in nature and is the basis of Chinese cooking and has been made in everything from candies to jams and alcoholic beverages. Fruits also have several healing properties in traditional Chinese medicine applications from at least 659 NL and modern science is increasingly recognized for many forms of treatment.
The Chinese name for this kind is Shan Zha , which is literally translated as "Mountain Hawthorn". Hawthorn care requires each shrub to distribute space at least 15 feet (4.6 meters) spaceIn an open location, although the plant easily grows in most types of soil and wet and dry environments. Chinese hawthorn is also a tolerant drought and, if grown in full sun, can reach a height of 20 feet (6.1 meters) when it is mature.
narrowly related species of Chinese hawthorn were also used for medicinal purposes by Indian tribes in the US and Mexico. This includes Crataegus chrysocarpa used by Midwestern Potawatomi and Ojibwa Indians and Crataegus douglasii used by Western Thompson and Kwakiutl Indian trunks. Indian tribes Cherokee, Winnebago and Omaha-Ponca also had the traditional practice of eating fruits of various hawthorn types for digestive diseases and as a food time of famine.
Throughout Europe, two hawthorn species on Chinese hawthorn prevailed. This is Crataegus lavigata and Crataegus monogyna . Clinical studies have shown that many hawthorn fruits such as these two kinds,It has cardiac and digestive benefits and is also potentially effective preventive against skin cancer. It is also known that fruit reduces blood pressure and cholesterol levels and also suppresses appetite, making it effective eating assistance as a component of many weight loss pills. The leaves of the plant are also edible and can be used in salads along with fruit, which oriental medicine recommends for pregnant women who are dealing with abdominal pain after giving birth.
Unique uses for different types of hawthorn are South Korean practice, as it becomes a liqueur called sansachun . The French legend states that the crown of crowns of Christ wore during Crucifixion was made of stick branches, and this created British and Irish superstitions that it was bad luck to eradicate a hawthorn tree. The Serbian folklore also states that Chinese Hlohon's wood, which is hard, dark brown wood, was wood to create bets for the stabbing of vampires that lived in Eastern Europe for centuries of the past.