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Name (CN)	山楂 (Shānzhā)
Synonyms (CN)	楂肉、山查、红果、山里红、山里果、羊球、棠球子、糖球子、酸楂、炒楂、焦楂、焦山楂、朹、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
Name (EN)	Crataegus Pinnatifida, Chinese Hawthorn Fruit, Chinese Hawthorn Equivalent Plant: Crataegus Pinnatifida Var Major
Scientific name(s)	Crataegi Fructus
Used section	Ripe fruits
Taste	Sour、Sweet
Channel Tropism	Induce in the spleen, stomach and liver meridians.
Cold/Hot properties	Slightly Warm
Group	Plant [Fruits And Products]

Origin	The dried ripe fruit of Crataegus pinnatifida Bge. var. major N.E.Br. or Hawthorn Crataegus pinnatifida Bge. of the hawthorn family Rosaceae.
Function and treatment	Eliminating food and strengthening the stomach; promoting the flow of Qi and dispersing blood stasis. Used for stagnation of meat and food, distention and fullness of the stomach, diarrhoea and dysentery, abdominal pain, stasis of blood and menstruation, postpartum stasis, stabbing pain in the heart and abdomen, hernia pain; hyperlipidemia. Coke Hawthorn has enhanced effect on eliminating food and inducing stagnation. For stagnation of meat and food, diarrhoea and dysentery.
Origin and best harvesting period	Hawthorn is found in the northeast, north China and Jiangsu, and is mainly produced in Shandong, Henan, Hebei and Liaoning. Hawthorn flowers in May-June and frightens in September-October. Hawthorn harvesting is generally later the further east you go, mostly starting in frost, with some even delayed until early November (winter).