According to Compendium of Materia Medica, lotus seeds have the effects of nourishing the heart and kidney, benefiting the stomach, consolidating essence and qi, strengthening bones and muscles, tonifying deficiency, benefiting eyes and ears, and dispelling cold and dampness. It can strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea, clear the heart and nourish the spirit, and benefit the kidney, but it is not suitable for people with indigestion and dry stool!
2. Lotus leaf
Lotus leaf tastes bitter and flat. After taking it, it has a good health care effect on liver, spleen, stomach and heart meridian. Has the effects of cooling blood, stopping bleeding, clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, and inducing diuresis. It is very suitable for taking in summer to prevent heatstroke.
3. Lotus root
Lotus root is cold, which has a good effect of clearing heat and relieving annoyance, and is especially suitable for women with acne and blood heat. The cooked lotus root becomes warm again, which has good functions of nourishing stomach, protecting spleen and stomach, nourishing blood and benefiting qi.
4.wax gourd
Watermelon peel is used to induce diuresis to reduce swelling, clear away heat and relieve summer heat, and is often used to relieve edema due to physical weakness, clear lung heat and eliminate phlegm, induce diuresis and expel pus.
5. energy
As the saying goes, "Eating radish in winter and ginger in summer doesn't require a doctor's prescription." Eating ginger in summer has many benefits, such as appetizing and strengthening the spleen to promote appetite, heatstroke prevention and cooling, and refreshing.
6.bitter gourd
Bitter gourd can dispel heart fire, detoxify and improve eyesight, replenish qi and replenish essence, quench thirst and relieve summer heat.
7. Coix seed
Coix seed, also known as Coix seed, Coix seed, native corn, Coix seed, Lycium barbarum, Coix seed bead, grass bead bead, Hui Hui rice, rice seed and six millet, is a commonly used Chinese medicine. It is also a common food that is often eaten. Sweet and slightly cold, it is beneficial to detumescence, invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, relaxing tendons and activating collaterals, clearing heat and expelling pus, and is a commonly used diuretic for eliminating dampness.
8. Corn
Corn nourishes the stomach, dehumidifies and benefits water.