Lotus seeds are sweet and astringent, and belong to spleen, kidney and heart meridian. This product can strengthen the spleen, stop diarrhea, stop leukorrhagia, nourish the kidney, astringe essence, and calm the nerves. Clinically, it is mostly used for diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, increased leucorrhea, nocturnal emission, palpitation and insomnia.
Ancient records
Compendium of Materia Medica of Rihuazi: "Supplementing qi, quenching thirst, helping heart and stopping dysentery. Treat low back pain and discharge sperm. "
"Daily Materia Medica": "Stop polydipsia, treat diarrhea and stop turbidity."
Herbal Medicine in Southern Yunnan: "Clearing Heart and Reducing Fever."
Compendium of Materia Medica: "Heart to heart and kidney, thick intestines and stomach, firm essence and qi, strengthen bones and muscles, tonify deficiency, benefit eyes and ears, dispel cold and dampness, stop spleen leakage for a long time, and make women suffer from various blood diseases in the process of collapse."
Efficacy application of lotus seeds
1. Palpitation, fatigue, insomnia
Lotus seeds can nourish the heart and soothe the nerves. They are often used with herbs such as Poria, Ziziphus Spinosae and Semen Platycladi for palpitation and insomnia.
Step 2 burst and take it off
Lotus seeds benefit the kidney and have astringent effect. It is often used with Tribulus terrestris, Semen Cuscutae, Euryale ferox, Yam and Oyster for treating spermatorrhea and metrorrhagia due to deficiency of Xiayuan.
3. Chronic diarrhea due to spleen deficiency
Lotus seeds can strengthen the spleen and intestines, and are often used with Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria and Yam to treat chronic diarrhea due to spleen deficiency.
4. wet dream
This taste is sweet and astringent, and entering the kidney meridian can benefit the kidney and solidify the essence. For nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency, it is often combined with Euryale ferox and keel, such as Jinsuo Gu Jing Pill.
Chinese medicine diet prescription recommendation:
Tremella and lotus seed soup
Ingredients: tremella, lotus seeds, jujube, medlar and rock sugar.
Practice: 1. Soak tremella in clear water to remove the yellow induration at the bottom, and then shred for later use; Lotus seeds need to be seedless in the middle, so put as much as you like.
2. Put clear water in the soup pot, put enough water at a time, leaving room for evaporation, and do not add water in the middle of cooking.
3. Put tremella, rock sugar (about 32%), jujube and medlar into cold water, boil over high fire and stir constantly to prevent tremella from sticking to the pot. After boiling, turn down the heat and continue to stir.
4. Put the lotus seeds in later. After boiling, continue to cook until the tremella is gelatinized and the soup is sticky.
Health care efficacy: nourishing yin and moistening lung, nourishing heart and calming nerves. Suitable for upset insomnia, dry expectoration, dry mouth and throat, lack of food and fatigue.
Chrysanthemum lotus seed mung bean beverage
Ingredients: mung bean, chrysanthemum, lotus plumule and rock sugar.
Practice: 1. Boil mung beans and rock sugar with water;
2. Pour the boiled mung bean water into a cup filled with chrysanthemum and lotus seed soup, and then cool it to drink.
Health care efficacy: clearing away heat and cooling the heart, removing summer heat and detoxifying. Note that people with weak spleen and stomach should not eat more.
Stewed spine with yam and lotus seeds
Ingredients: spine, iron stick yam, lotus seed, onion, ginger, salt.
Practice: 1. Wash and blanch the spine, peel and clean the iron stick yam and cut it into small pieces, wash the lotus seeds, cut the onion into sections and pat the ginger;
2. After the casserole water is boiled, put all the materials in step 1. Turn off the fire after the fire boils and cook for 1.5-2 hours. Before turning off the fire, take out the shallots and season with a little salt.
Health effects: tonifying kidney and yin, strengthening spleen and stopping diarrhea. Suitable for chronic diarrhea due to spleen deficiency and nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency.
Stewed papaya with lotus seeds and tremella
Ingredients: papaya, lotus seeds, tremella, rock sugar.
Practice: 1. Peel papaya, remove seeds, wash and cut into pieces for later use; Soak tremella in warm water, wash and remove roots, and tear it into pieces with uniform size by hand; Then remove the pain in the middle of the lotus seeds and wash them;
2. At the same time, put lotus seeds and tremella into a saucepan and add appropriate amount of water. Stew the lotus seeds until they are soft and rotten, then add papaya and rock sugar and stew for another 20 minutes.
Health care efficacy: beauty beauty, reducing blood fat, lowering blood pressure and resisting aging. Suitable for people with hypertension, constipation and other diseases and women who love beauty.