1, the efficacy of lotus root starch
1, 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 heatstroke; Lotus root is sweet and light, which is especially beneficial to people with fever, thirst, epistaxis and hemoptysis.
2, laxative, spleen appetizer: Lotus root contains mucin and dietary fiber, which can be combined with cholate in the human body, cholesterol and triglycerides in food, so that it is discharged from feces, thereby 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.
3. 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";
4, 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.
2. 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.
Suitable for people: old and young, women and children, the infirm and the sick are especially suitable; It is especially suitable for patients with high fever, hematemesis, hypertension, liver disease, anorexia, iron deficiency anemia and malnutrition.
3. Dietotherapy method of lotus root starch
1, boiled lotus root starch with white sugar
30-50g of lotus root starch is used each time, and appropriate amount of white sugar is boiled with water to form a thick paste. It can promote fluid production to quench thirst, clear away heat and vexation, and sober up.
2, tremella lotus root starch soup
25g tremella, lotus root starch 10g, and proper amount of rock sugar. Soak tremella, add appropriate amount of rock sugar to stew, and then eat with lotus root starch.
Efficacy: It can prevent hysteromyoma and has the effects of clearing away heat, moistening dryness and stopping bleeding. Suitable for people with more menstrual flow and more red blood.
3, lotus root starch porridge can moisten hair and beauty
[Composition] 25g of lotus root starch, 25g of white rice (or cereal) and appropriate amount of sugar. 【 Method and Usage 】 Cook the rice as usual, mix the cooked rice with lotus root starch, and add sugar to eat. Or cook oatmeal several times, that is, beat the lotus root starch evenly, add sugar and eat it in the morning. 【 Efficacy and Application 】 It can strengthen essence and qi, blacken hair and beard, moisten skin and nourish heart and spleen, and can be used as an auxiliary food for insomnia, dreaminess, anxiety and thirst, and mental fatigue caused by deficiency of both heart and spleen. Note: Cold lotus root can cure bleeding, yellowing, bifurcation and other symptoms, and is also beneficial to the beauty of stomach, heart and yin and calming the nerves.
4. The medicinal value of lotus root starch.
Lotus root powder can nourish blood, stop bleeding, nourish yin, replenish viscera, regulate middle energizer, stimulate appetite, strengthen spleen and stop diarrhea, which is an ideal food for patients with chronic fatigue. In addition, other parts and products of lotus root (lotus) can be used as medicine.
For example, lotus seeds can be made into various nutritious and delicious delicacies and snacks: lotus seeds, lilies, tremella, quail eggs and so on. Can be made into longevity egg, and has the effects of improving intelligence, tranquilizing mind, invigorating spleen, stimulating appetite, strengthening brain and nourishing heart.
Lotus seed, Gordon Euryale seed, Poria, Chinese yam, Coix seed, lentils, Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala and japonica rice can be made into eight-treasure rice and porridge. Rich in nutrition, good in color, smell and taste, can tonify the spleen and stomach, resist aging, and is suitable for asthenia, obesity and diarrhea.
Lotus seeds can also be used for roast chicken, barbecue, roasted turtle and other delicacies, and made into sweet soup such as rock sugar, osmanthus, grapes, tremella lotus seed soup, which is well-known and nourishing and delicious; Lotus seeds can also be made into glutinous rice lotus seed rolls, lotus seed Osmanthus Jelly, lotus seed cakes, sugar lotus seed soup and other children's foods. Lotus seed soup drinking tea can dredge blood vessels and lower blood pressure.
Lotus root starch is a traditional nourishing food with a long reputation. Lotus root powder has high nutritional value and good medicinal effect. Lotus root is sweet and flat, eaten raw and cooked. Mainly used for treating heat thirst, removing blood stasis and promoting 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 syndromes.
5. Precautions for eating lotus root starch
1, not suitable for pregnant women.
It is best not to eat lotus root starch during pregnancy. Because lotus root belongs to cool food. It is not advisable to touch such food during pregnancy. Lotus root starch is very convenient and delicious to eat, but for the sake of your baby and your own health, be patient and don't put yourself at any health risk. You can eat it one to two weeks after delivery. But don't eat too much. It's better to recuperate first and wait until you recover.
2. People with low digestive function of spleen and stomach should not eat more.
Many people like to eat lotus root raw, thinking that it has no negative impact on their health. But this is actually wrong. Lotus root is not easy to digest, and patients with spleen and stomach digestion problems should not eat it raw. Let's talk about lotus root powder first. It's made of lotus root. It is also not suitable for eating more. If you are in a bad mood or constipated recently, stay away from it.
3. People with cold dysmenorrhea should not eat.
Dysmenorrhea is a nightmare for many girls. But there are always a few days every month, which will make people feel uncomfortable. At the same time, girls should pay more attention to protect themselves during the physiological period and don't eat cold food. Although lotus root starch is not a cold food, it is also cold. If you eat it during dysmenorrhea, it will aggravate the degree of dysmenorrhea.