Chinese medicine believes that lotus leaves are bitter and flat. After taking it, it has a good health care effect on liver, spleen, stomach and heart meridian. Has the effects of cooling blood, stopping bleeding, clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, and inducing diuresis. It is very suitable for taking in summer to prevent heatstroke. In addition, soaking lotus leaves in water also has a good effect of decomposing fat and diuresis, and also has a good therapeutic effect on constipation. If some middle-aged and elderly friends want to lose weight or stay slim, then choosing lotus leaf brewing can play a very good role.

Modern research has found that lotus leaf has a good hypolipidemic effect, and the course of treatment is about 20 days, which can effectively reduce the cholesterol content in the body, so it is often used to treat obesity in clinical medicine.

In addition to directly taking lotus leaf with boiling water, Chinese herbal medicines such as lotus leaf and medlar can also be decocted together, three times a day, which can effectively treat hyperlipidemia.

Specifically, the effects of soaking dried lotus leaves in water are as follows:

First: treat diarrhea.

In summer and autumn, due to the humid climate, if you don't pay more attention to your diet, it's easy to vomit and diarrhea, and the feces are yellow in color, but the smell is even worse. At this time, if you want to restore health, you can take lotus leaves and soak them in water, which can play a very good role in stopping diarrhea and subsidizing the spleen and stomach. The body can also clear away heat and relieve summer heat, diuretic, and diarrhea will naturally disappear. In addition to directly brewing with boiling water, you can also stew and fry the lotus leaves into ashes, then grind them into powder and take them with white sugar three times a day, and you will soon recover.

Second: treat edema.

No matter what causes edema on the face and decreased urine output, taking lotus leaves can be a good relief. You can dry the withered lotus leaves and grind them into powder, and then take out an appropriate amount of millet soup three times a day, and the edema will soon be reduced.

Third: treat yellow sores.

Huangshuichuang is an infectious skin disease, and it is stubborn, so it is impossible to carve it out easily. China's classic medicine records that lotus leaves can be burnt into charcoal, then ground into powder, stirred with sesame oil, and then smeared on the parts suffering from this skin disease twice a day, which has a very magical effect and can quickly restore health.

Fourth: lacquer sore

The so-called lacquer sore is actually allergic dermatitis caused by skin allergy to paint. If you want to treat this disease, you can also use the role of lotus leaves. Dry the lotus leaves in the sun, then brew or decoct them with boiling water, and then scrub the affected area twice a day, and you will recover in a few days.

Fifth: reduce blood lipids.

Modern research has found that lotus leaf has the function of lowering blood fat. Lotus leaf tastes bitter and flat. After taking it, it has a good health care effect on liver, spleen, stomach and heart. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the function of cooling blood and stopping bleeding, and is very suitable for patients with hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

Sixth: diuretic and laxative

Lotus leaf has a good diuretic effect, the most direct performance is that the number of times to go to the toilet after taking lotus leaf tea has increased significantly. Not only has the urine volume increased, but the stool has also become smoother. If you defecate once a day, the number of times you go to the toilet after taking lotus leaf tea will increase, mainly two or three times a day.

Method for soaking lotus leaves in water for drinking

Tear the lotus leaf into small pieces, then put it into a cup, pour in boiling water and cover it. You can take it when the water is not hot.

In addition to the above effects, losing weight is also an advantage sought after by many beauty lovers. However, it should be understood that if you want to lose weight through lotus leaves, you'd better take strong tea, and the brewed tea will lose weight in the first time, and nothing else will work. In addition, it is best not to take lotus leaf tea on an empty stomach, so as not to affect gastrointestinal health. To achieve the best weight loss effect, it is best to take it before meals. In addition, the daily dosage also needs to be controlled. Basically, you can brew three or four times a day. If you are a crowd with constipation symptoms, you can appropriately increase the amount of brewing, which is good for losing weight. In addition, you don't need to go on a diet when you take lotus leaf tea to lose weight, because after taking it for a period of time, your eating habits will change, you won't like greasy food so much, and you will naturally lose weight.