A story of crataegus (4)

Tang Xuanzong half believed and half doubted him. But the imperial concubine's disease was cured unexpectedly after taking the medicine for half a month
7、唐玄宗将信将疑，谁知用药半月之后，贵妃的病果真痊愈。






The crataegus was sweet and sour in taste, and warm in property. It has the actions of dispersing food accumulations, dissipating blood stasis, expelling tapeworm, and decreasing blood-lipid and activating blood. It is indicative for food accumulation of meat-type, dysentery, lumbago, hernia, and intestinal wind, especially for postpartum persistent flow of lochia, infantile feeding accumulation and hyperlipemia.
8、棠球子，就是今日所说的山楂。其味甘酸，性微温，有消食积，散瘀血，驱绦虫，降脂活血之功效。主治肉食积滞、痢疾、腰痛、疝气、肠风。对产后恶露不尽，小儿乳食停滞以及高血脂等效果尤佳。