The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and many people, especially elderly friends, often sleep abnormally because of the hot weather and inflammation of the heart. Lack of sleep will cause the dysfunction of human biological clock, the disorder of life rhythm, and even lead to premature aging or induce various diseases.
What should I do at this time? There is a folk proverb "Sleepless, add white lotus to porridge", which comes in handy at this time. Chinese medicine believes that lotus seeds are treasures that nourish vitality. When taking medicine, the skin is peeled and the heart is peeled, so the prescription of traditional Chinese medicine is called "lotus seed meat", which has the functions of nourishing the spleen and benefiting the lungs, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, benefiting the kidney and strengthening the intestines. Lotus seeds are often used to treat insomnia, and white lotus seeds are often used to cook porridge, which has a good therapeutic effect on anxiety and insomnia.
People who are uneasy and often suffer from insomnia can eat lotus seed japonica rice porridge. You can soak the lotus seeds in water, wipe off the surface with a small brush, take out the lotus plumule, rinse it, put it in a pot, add a proper amount of water to boil it until it is cooked, and take it out for use every time. Then put the washed japonica rice into a pot and add water to cook it into porridge. After the porridge is cooked, add lotus seeds and cook for a while.
Lotus seed and lily porridge has good effects of nourishing yin, strengthening spleen, nourishing heart and calming nerves. 30 grams of lotus seeds can be washed and soaked, 30 grams of dried lily and 0/00 grams of japonica rice/kloc-can be washed separately, put them in a pot with a few lotus seeds and red dates, add appropriate amount of water, first boil them with strong fire, then cook them with low fire, and add appropriate amount of crystal sugar when they are eight ripe, and cook them slightly.
In addition, for those who suffer from insomnia due to excessive heart heat, 30 pieces of lotus seed soup can be decocted with appropriate amount of water and taken before going to bed. Using 2 grams of lotus plumule and boiling water instead of tea is also effective in treating hypertension, dizziness, palpitation and insomnia.
Health tips: those who are full of heat, dry stools and full stomachs should not eat lotus seeds. In addition, patients with low blood pressure should not eat lotus seeds, because the lotus plumule in lotus seeds has obvious antihypertensive effect, and patients with low blood pressure will aggravate their condition after eating, so it is best not to eat them.