Lotus seeds are sweet, astringent and flat, and belong to spleen, kidney and heart meridian. If you eat some lotus seeds properly at ordinary times, you can communicate your heart and kidney well and get rid of internal heat, so it also has a good effect on some insomnia symptoms caused by disharmony between heart and kidney and hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency.

Usually, lotus seeds can also be cooked with jujube and Ziziphus jujuba seeds. These ingredients also have the functions of benefiting qi, calming the heart, calming the nerves and helping sleep. If you eat together, it will have a better effect on the human body.

How many lotus seeds should I eat a day? 10- 15 is enough.

Although lotus seeds have high nutritional value, eating too much of any food will be harmful to human health. Moreover, lotus seeds also contain more starch and protein, which can easily lead to gastrointestinal discomfort such as abdominal distension and indigestion.

Therefore, it is generally recommended that normal people eat 10- 15 lotus seeds every day, while for some people with poor gastrointestinal digestive function, it is suggested that they can decide to eat less or not according to their gastrointestinal conditions.

3 who is not suitable for eating lotus seeds, indigestion and dry stool.

1, Dyspepsia: Lotus seeds contain more protein and starch, which is difficult to digest after eating. Therefore, for some people with poor digestive function, it is recommended to cook lotus seeds until they are soft and rotten, and control the consumption.

2, dry stool: lotus seeds are sweet and astringent, and have the effect of strengthening the spleen, astringent intestines and stopping diarrhea. Therefore, for some people with dry stools and constipation, it is best to eat less or not to eat lotus seeds, so as not to aggravate constipation symptoms.

Red lotus seeds and white lotus seeds also have a good effect on insomnia.

White lotus seeds are peeled from red lotus seeds, which are actually the same in composition and have similar effects on human body after eating, so it is ok for insomnia patients to choose red lotus seeds or white lotus seeds.

Among them, red lotus seeds are covered with a layer of red skin, which has a better effect of enriching blood and tonifying kidney than white lotus seeds, while white lotus seeds have a better effect of strengthening spleen and nourishing stomach. I suggest that you can choose according to your personal needs.