Dietotherapy function:

Lotus root is sweet, flat and raw, which can cure heat thirst, remove blood stasis and promote granulation;

Cooked lotus root is warm and sweet, beneficial to the stomach and spleen, nourishing blood and tonifying, and stopping diarrhea;

Indications: cough due to lung heat, dysphoria and thirst, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, loss of appetite and various blood diseases.

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Clearing heat and cooling blood: lotus root is cold, which has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood and can be used to treat fever; Lotus root is sweet and light, which is especially beneficial to people with fever, thirst, epistaxis and hemoptysis.

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Stop diarrhea, strengthen spleen and stimulate appetite: Lotus root contains mucin and dietary fiber, which can be combined with cholate in human body, cholesterol and triglyceride in food, so that it can be discharged from feces, thus reducing the absorption of lipids. Lotus root gives off a unique fragrance, and also contains tannin, which has certain functions of invigorating spleen, stopping diarrhea, stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, stimulating appetite and strengthening the body, and is beneficial to the recovery of people with poor appetite.

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Nourishing blood and promoting granulation: Lotus root has high nutritional value, is rich in trace elements such as iron and calcium, and is rich in plant protein, vitamins and starch, which has obvious functions of invigorating qi and blood and enhancing human immunity. Therefore, Chinese medicine calls it: "the main tonic, qi";

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Hemostasis and blood stasis: Lotus root contains a lot of tannic acid, which has the effect of contracting blood vessels and can be used to stop bleeding. Lotus root can also cool blood and disperse blood. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it can stop bleeding without leaving blood stasis, which is a good diet for fever.

Second, the nutritional value of lotus root starch

Lotus root powder contains not only starch, glucose and protein, but also calcium, iron, phosphorus and various vitamins. Chinese medicine believes that lotus root can tonify the five internal organs, harmonize the spleen and stomach, and replenish qi and blood. Raw lotus root tastes sweet and cool, and its properties change from cool to warm after being processed into lotus root powder, which is easy to digest, and has the effects of promoting fluid production and clearing heat, nourishing stomach and nourishing yin, invigorating spleen and qi, nourishing blood and stopping bleeding.

Third, lotus root starch

1, lotus root starch is a snack, including red lotus root starch, pure lotus root starch, rock sugar lotus root starch and so on. There are bags and cartons for sale in the market. Most of them are 15-20g in a small bag, which is light-colored and powdery. It needs 250-300ml boiling water to stir into translucent shape, and it is eaten in lotus root color, and the entrance is smooth. As a health food handed down from generation to generation, it is rich in trace elements such as iron, vitamin B 12, and its main function is to nourish blood, especially suitable for women.

2. Suitable for people

Especially suitable for the elderly, women and children, the infirm; It is especially suitable for patients with high fever, hematemesis, hypertension, liver disease, anorexia, iron deficiency anemia and malnutrition.