Difference between lotus root starch and pueraria starch
First, the raw materials are different
Pueraria lobata powder: starch made from the root tuber of pueraria lobata, a leguminous plant. Its taste is sweet, cool and delicious, and it can be used as medicine and food.
Lotus root powder: starch made from the thick rhizome of Nelumbo nucifera, a perennial aquatic herb of Nymphaeaceae, generally using fresh and old lotus roots.
Second, the colors are different.
Pueraria lobata powder: generally white or yellowish, if other colors appear, it may be the reason for adding pigment.
Lotus root powder: it is generally white, but it may turn red when exposed to air, and may turn dark red after long storage.
Third, the smell and taste are different.
Pueraria lobata powder: no obvious smell, slightly sweet taste, not easy to melt in the mouth, and may stick with saliva to form a ball. After the kudzuvine root powder is brewed, stir a spoonful of kudzuvine root powder with a spoon and let it flow naturally, and the shape will be straight.
Lotus root powder: Lotus root powder smells sweet, tastes sweet, has a delicate texture, and melts in the mouth. Boiled lotus root starch will not be linear when it is lifted up and down with a spoon.
Which is better, lotus root starch or kudzu root starch?
Both have their own advantages.
Pueraria lobata powder and lotus root powder are common nourishing and health-care foods, which are rich in nutrition, suitable for all ages and beneficial to health. But because it is taken from different plants, it is naturally different.
Pueraria lobata powder is often used for adjuvant treatment of exogenous fever, rash, thirst, diarrhea, hypertension, cervical spondylosis and other diseases. Lotus root starch is sweet, slightly salty and cool, belonging to the spleen and stomach meridian. In Compendium of Materia Medica, "Take lotus root powder to keep fit and benefit the year". Lotus root powder can replenish blood, stop bleeding, regulate middle energizer and stimulate appetite. Commonly used in daily health care, it is helpful for simple esophagitis, blood deficiency, diarrhea, anorexia and the recovery of postpartum, illness, old age and exhausted people.
Can lotus root starch and kudzu root starch be eaten together?
Pueraria lobata powder and lotus root starch can be drunk together.
Pueraria lobata and lotus root starch are both cool foods, and there is no medicinal conflict between them in composition and efficacy. If the taste is acceptable, there is generally no problem in eating together.
Lotus root starch taboo crowd
1, diabetic patients should be careful to eat. Lotus root powder is rich in starch, various sugars and other ingredients. Eating lotus root starch in diabetic patients may increase blood sugar, causing dizziness, palpitation and dizziness.
People who need to lose weight should eat less. Lotus root starch contains a lot of starch, so it is not suitable for people who are losing weight to take lotus root starch, otherwise it may lead to no obvious change in weight and even increase weight.
3, pregnant women should not eat. Lotus root powder is cold, which may aggravate the cold in the body for pregnant women, which is not conducive to the health of themselves and the fetus.
4, poor digestive function should not be eaten. Lotus root starch contains a lot of starch, which is not easily digested. People with poor intestinal function should not take it, otherwise it may cause constipation, bloating and other symptoms.
5, people with cold constitution should not eat. Lotus root starch is a cold food, and people with cold constitution may aggravate cold symptoms of the body, such as dysmenorrhea, diarrhea, cold hands and feet, etc.