The invention discloses a candied
hawthorn fruit composition based on a four-season health preserving theory and application thereof, and belongs to the field of
food processing. The composition contains four kinds of medicinal and edible functional candied hawthorn fruits which can be sold independently or in a combined manner, each
hawthorn fruit serves as a core, and one of radix pseudostellariae, iron stick yam and
pericarpium citri reticulatae extract,
donkey-hide
gelatin, poria cocos extract and
rose flower extract is matched. The four kinds of preserved fruits are derived from the four-season health preserving theory of
traditional Chinese medicine, are matched with daily
diet therapy and regular conditioning, and have the functions of regulating qi and tonifying
spleen, nourishing yin and blood, tonifying
spleen and eliminating dampness, soothing liver-qi stagnation and forming a
spleen and
stomach nourishing
closed loop of tonifying, transporting and eliminating. The four preserved fruits all adopt a three-
sugar two-gum technology, and the
flavor quality is improved by selecting yellow rock
sugar with the purity being greater than or equal to 95%. The invention solves the problems of single function, disjoint with four-season
rhythm and insufficient spleen and
stomach maintenance of the existing candied haws, fills the blank of integrated products of seasonal pertinence, spleen and
stomach maintenance and daily leisure, can be used for preparing daily health-preserving leisure food, and meets the requirements of double maintenance.