2. Mix the dried lotus leaf tea and dried winter melon peel according to the ratio of 1:2, put them into a teacup, pour boiling water for brewing, and simmer for a while before drinking, which can play a very good role in helping to lose weight. But it should be noted that people with cold constitution had better not drink this kind of tea to lose weight. If you want to lose weight successfully, it is best to match reasonable exercise and scientific diet.
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Boiling soup with lotus leaf and winter melon skin can reduce blood fat.
Wax gourd is the only vegetable without fat, and its sodium content is much lower than that of ordinary vegetables. The minerals and vitamins it contains are of great benefit to patients with kidney disease, hypertension and edema who need to limit sodium. In addition, wax gourd contains propanol diacid, which can prevent fat accumulation and has the function of reducing fat and keeping fit. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, wax gourd is beneficial to water, clearing away heat, resolving phlegm and quenching thirst.
Lotus leaf is a dual-purpose product for medicine and food. Bitter taste, flat nature, liver, spleen and stomach. Has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer-heat, promoting hair growth, clearing yang, cooling blood, stopping bleeding, and invigorating spleen. Compendium of Materia Medica says that "Lotus leaves make people thin and feel inferior", which shows that it has the function of reducing weight and fat, which has been confirmed in animal experiments and clinic.
To sum up, lotus leaf combined with winter melon peel has the functions of invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis, promoting hair growth and clearing yang from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, and has the functions of regulating blood lipid, lowering blood pressure and resisting oxidation from the perspective of modern medicine, so it is a good food therapy for obese and hyperlipidemia people.
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What can people eat to reduce blood fat daily? Boiling soup with lotus leaf and winter melon skin is good for lowering blood fat.