"The next day, the lotus leaves are infinitely colorful, and the lotus leaves reflect the sun in a different color" and "Love the lotus leaves without touching them" ... Since ancient times, the tradition of China people's love and appreciation of the lotus leaves has hardly changed. Lotus is a treasure except for its great ornamental value. Lotus, lotus seeds, lotus clothes, lotus houses, lotus whiskers, lotus seeds, lotus stems and lotus knots can all be used as medicine, especially lotus leaves, which can be said to be good health care products.

Lotus: Lotus is sweet, bitter and warm, and has the effects of promoting blood circulation to stop bleeding, eliminating dampness and expelling wind.

Lotus: Lotus is bitter in taste and warm in nature, and has the effects of removing blood stasis, stopping bleeding and eliminating dampness.

Lotus festival: the place where the lotus festival is connected is the lotus festival used in traditional Chinese medicine. Generally speaking, it is not eaten directly. Cut it, dry it, and serve it with boiling water. Lotus root saving boiled water has many effects, such as convergence, cooling blood and hemostasis. Traditional Chinese medicine is often used to treat diseases such as plague and bleeding, and the effect is good.

Lotus seed: the fruit of lotus is called lotus seed. Lotus seeds are acidic and warm, and have the effect of convergence and sleep. It is quite effective for people with weak constitution, palpitation, insomnia, dreaminess, nocturnal emission, chronic diarrhea, air leakage and nocturnal emission.

You can usually add some lotus seeds to cook porridge, which will increase your appetite and be good for your stomach, but you need to soak it thoroughly in advance. Ladies who love beauty can also use crystal sugar, lotus seeds, tremella and bird's nest to make lotus seed soup, which can nourish yin and soothe the nerves, and can also help beauty beauty, which can be described as the best of both worlds.

Lotus seed core: the core wrapped in the middle of lotus seeds is called lotus seed core. What needs special attention is that the nature of lotus seed core and lotus seed is completely different, even the opposite. Lotus seeds are sour and sweet, and lotus seeds are bitter and cold. Don't confuse them. Lotus seed core is a good medicine for clearing the heart and purging fire blindly, and has a certain conditioning effect on people who are hyperactive, have a strong appetite, fidget, have difficulty falling asleep, and even have bad breath and nosebleeds. Worry-free special reminder: eating too much lotus seed core is easy to hurt stomach gas, and there are various diseases such as stomach cold, stomachache and clear water in the mouth. You must pay attention to the discretion when using it on weekdays, and don't overdo it.

Lotus leaf: Lotus leaf is sweet and slightly bitter, and has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding. It can help digestion and discharge moisture, and is suitable for summer heat, polydipsia, headache, dizziness, edema, anorexia, abdominal distension, diarrhea, hemoptysis, hematochezia, postpartum lochia, blood stasis, etc. However, people with thin constitution and insufficient qi and blood should use it with caution.

Lotus leaf rice can be described as fragrant and delicious, and it won the essence of lotus. Studies have proved that lotus leaves also contain a kind of "nuciferine", which can help people lose weight. This effect of lotus leaf is now widely used to treat hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia and obesity.

Lotus leaf hawthorn tea: Take 3 grams of lotus leaf and 3 grams of hawthorn and make tea every day. Raw maslinic acid is sour and sweet, slightly warm in nature, and has the effects of promoting digestion, removing food accumulation, promoting qi circulation and removing blood stasis. The main component of raw hawthorn is hawthorn total flavonoids, which can regulate lipid metabolism, improve liver function and prevent fatty liver. Lotus leaf can raise yang and strengthen the spleen, regulate the stomach and reduce turbidity, and guide the accumulation of phlegm and turbid fat in the body to be discharged from the stool, which is a good diet for patients with fatty liver.

Lotus leaf Sijunzi tea: Take fresh lotus leaf, wash it, shred it, air dry it, then grind dried tangerine peel, hawthorn and coix seed into fine powder, mix it with lotus leaf, divide it into 65,438+000 bags, brew it in boiling water every day, and drink it continuously for 65,438+000 days, which can lower blood pressure, reduce blood fat, lose weight, prevent and treat gallstones, etc.

Lotus root: Lotus root soaked in underwater mud is the lotus root we eat every day. It looks unremarkable, but its effect cannot be underestimated. However, the same lotus root has different raw and cooked effects.

Lotus root is sweet in taste and cold in nature, which can cool blood and stop bleeding, clear stomach and disperse blood stasis, vomit blood, nose and mouth bleeding, postpartum blood stasis, treat gold sores, stop fever and thirst, cholera, boredom and hangover.

Cooked lotus root is sweet in taste and warm in nature, which can strengthen the spleen, stimulate appetite, nourish blood and heart, nourish the five internal organs, strengthen the lower energizer, promote digestion, stop diarrhea and promote granulation. Taking it for a long time will make people happy and stop being angry. In other words, when cooked, the lotus root changes from cold to warm. It can strengthen the spleen, stimulate appetite, stop diarrhea and solidify essence.

■ Editor/Wang Huili

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