Lotus root is the most common food in our daily life, but most people don't know much about lotus root, especially its health care function. Even though lotus root is a common food to stimulate us in winter, it is more common on the table, but it is very beneficial to our health to make rational use of it. But also the most indispensable one in our daily health care. Let's learn more about lotus root.

Lotus root can be said to be the treasure of the whole body, but now people don't understand it, or even understand it. Many people often regard lotus root as a vegetable. In fact, it is not only a vegetable, but also has a particularly good medicinal effect. It contains a lot of protein, starch and vitamins, and it is tender and delicious. If eaten raw, it is as sweet and crisp as pears, and it has a great nourishing effect on all ages. Especially in autumn and winter, it is the best time to eat lotus roots. Eating lotus root at this time brings many benefits.

There are descriptions of lotus root in ancient books, and lotus root has the function of invigorating qi and nourishing heart. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lotus root is cold and sweet, and it enters the heart, liver, spleen and stomach, and it is cooked separately, and the raw and cooked drugs are different. However, raw lotus root is cold, sweet, and cool into the stomach, which can produce fluid to quench thirst, dissipate blood stasis and clear heat, and cool blood. Therefore, women should not eat raw lotus root after delivery, but also avoid eating lotus root, which will affect the health of pregnant women. At the same time, cooked lotus root pays more attention to the functions of invigorating stomach and spleen, nourishing blood and tonifying deficiency. Therefore, eating cooked lotus root is good for the elderly, especially those with weak spleen and stomach, and can play a good role in strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach. At the same time, the lotus root nodes between lotus root segments contain about 2% tannin and asparagine, which has stronger hemostatic and astringent effects than fresh lotus root and can also relieve crab poison. Lotus root meat is sweet and crisp, and is often eaten in the form of stew, vegetable stir-fry or meat stir-fry.

After the above introduction, everyone should have a further understanding of lotus root. Now they might as well start cooking a lotus root dish to make their bodies better and healthier. No matter how you eat lotus root, it has high nutritional value and brings us many health benefits. I hope that through the above introduction, more people will know more about lotus root and have more understanding of lotus root.