The medicinal value of lotus leaf can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty's Dietotherapy Materia Medica, in which the health care value of lotus leaf has been recorded. "Rihuazi Materia Medica" also clearly records that lotus leaves have the effect of "stopping polydipsia and removing heart dryness".
Li Shizhen recorded the lotus leaf in more detail in Compendium of Materia Medica. He said that the lotus leaf "floats lightly, which can clear the wind and heat of the head", and also said that the lotus leaf has the function of "rising hair and clearing yang", which can help people "grow vitality, benefit the spleen and stomach, gather essence and blood, and disperse blood stasis" and so on.
Of course, due to the limited level of ancient medical research, people's understanding of the medicinal value of lotus leaves is one-sided, and there are even some exaggerated descriptions, but according to the application of lotus leaves in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years, its medicinal value is still very high.
1, lotus leaf tea can help people's body fluids and relieve polydipsia.
Lotus leaf itself can bring a kind of moist and comfortable feeling to people. If it is drunk in water, it can also effectively play the role of promoting fluid production, moistening dryness, removing annoyance and quenching thirst.
For example, when summer summer is bored and thirsty, he might as well soak some lotus leaves in water to drink, which I believe will soon bring people a refreshing feeling.
We can also see lotus leaves in some ancient herbal teas, which can help people reduce their fever and troubles. For example, in ancient antipyretic tea drinks, lotus leaves are often used in combination with cogongrass rhizome, bamboo leaves, reed rhizome and rush. Replacing tea drinks with boiled water has a good effect on helping people clear away heat and worry.
2. Lotus leaf tea can help people replenish the spleen and stomach and cheer up.
The ancients thought that lotus leaves were fragrant, which had the functions of invigorating spleen and helping stomach transport. Li Shizhen clearly pointed out in Compendium of Materia Medica that lotus leaves have the effect of "promoting fluid production and benefiting the spleen and stomach".
For example, the spleen and stomach are not well transported, the moisture in the body is stagnant, and the yang is difficult to rise. You can soak some fresh lotus leaves in water or cook porridge with them, which can be effective.
In traditional Chinese medicine, lotus leaf is often used in combination with Atractylodes macrocephala, Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, Fructus Hordei Germinatus, Fructus Citri Sarcodactylis and other medicinal materials, which can also play a good role in invigorating the spleen and stomach, helping people to rejuvenate.
Lotus leaf tea can help people reduce fat and greasy.
Everyone has loved beauty since ancient times. In fact, the ancients also attached great importance to their appearance, and some children of large families also used some traditional Chinese medicine treatments to help them reduce fat and maintain beauty on weekdays.
Lotus leaf is an ideal food and medicine. For example, "Seeking Truth from Materia Medica" says that lotus leaves can be "slim and extremely useful". Moreover, the lotus leaf itself does not contain toxicity, and naturally it will not bring obvious toxic and side effects to people.
Modern medical research shows that the effective components of lotus leaf can obviously reduce the body fat concentration. In addition, it also has a certain degradation effect on triglycerides and cholesterol in human body. It can be seen that for modern people, the health care value of lotus leaf is still relatively high.