"Lotus" symbolizes noble and upright quality, and the medicinal parts of plants themselves are actually much more. The leaves are called "lotus leaves", the part that wraps the seeds is called "lotus", the seeds are called "lotus seeds" and the kernel of the seeds is called "lotus plumule".

All of the above are medicinal. Lotus seed belongs to both medicine and food, and it belongs to the perfect seed of green plants in Nymphaeaceae. It tastes very refreshing, sweet and soft after cooking, and it is also an excellent food. In fact, its medicinal history can be traced back to the Han Dynasty.

Gan Xin enters the spleen, which governs the muscles of the whole body. Gan Xin can nourish and keep healthy. Gan Xin medicine can affect the digestion and absorption of human spleen, improve the working ability of transforming blood gas into temples, and make everyone's bones stronger and spiritual essence more mellow.

Lotus seeds can be eaten by ordinary people, which is more suitable for middle-aged and elderly people, patients with deficiency of both qi and blood, insomnia and poor appetite. There are also people who are weak, panic-stricken, have severe insomnia and frequent nocturnal emission, or people with spleen deficiency and intestinal dysfunction, as well as people with peculiar smell after radiotherapy and chemotherapy and overdraft of women's spleen and kidney.

Basic principle of efficacy correspondence of lotus seeds in TCM health preservation;

There is also a dark green lotus seed heart in the lotus seed, which tastes bitter. In many cases, the production and processing of lotus seeds are to make a hole outside, and then the lotus plumule can be taken down. Lotus seeds are yellow and white, pale yellow into the spleen, milky white into the lungs, and sweet. Sweet in nature, it can strengthen the temper and strengthen the body-building exercise of lung-spleen-qi mechanism, especially suitable for the elderly with spleen-stomach deficiency and diarrhea.

The proportion of cassava starch in lotus seeds is also very high, which is sticky after meeting water, soft and waxy after boiling, and the sticky substances make it also have excellent astringency characteristics. It has certain convergence effect on loose stool sugar. Please note that Chinese medicine is based on syndrome differentiation, and tonics and astringents are only suitable for loose stool who is exhausted, but not for diarrhea caused by excessive liver fire and obstruction of collaterals due to cold and dampness.

Although natural lotus seeds are better, they are not suitable for people with fullness and dry stools. People with insufficient qi and blood or weak gastrointestinal function must eat carefully. At the same time, in the whole process of eating lotus seeds, we should also pay attention to the following aspects:

1. Lotus plumule is not recommended to be on the same screen as crabs and soft-shelled turtles, otherwise there may be some side effects. People who feel prosperous, have severe constipation and acne can't eat, especially those with severe constipation and abdominal distension.

2. Fresh lotus seeds are difficult to preserve, and the best way is to put them in the microwave oven for quick freezing, but the preservation period should not be too long; A better way is actually to dry fresh lotus seeds first, so that the shelf life can be longer.

3, lotus seeds are as thin as paper, and peeling is time-consuming. If you wash the lotus seeds, then pour them into boiling water, add a proper amount of old alkali, stir them evenly, then let them be stuffy for a while, then pour them into a rice basket and rub them with your strength, you can quickly remove the skin of the lotus seeds.

Although there are many ways to eat lotus seeds, they can be used to make hot pot side dishes, soup, preserves, snacks and so on. Can be used with other foods and medicines.

"The lotus leaf skirt is cut in one color, and the lotus leaves are open on both sides." Lotus gives you a yearning for a happy life. At the same time, it has the same quality as medicine and food. Lotus seeds are sweet and non-toxic and have high nutritional content. They have the effects of invigorating spleen, moistening lung, astringing and stopping nocturnal emission. There is no age limit in the process of eating, and people of all ages can eat it. Can only be eaten raw or taken in excess for a long time, so as not to increase the pressure on the human stomach.