Lotus leaf is the leaf of Nelumbo nucifera in Nymphaeaceae. Lotus is a perennial aquatic herb, which grows in swamps, ponds, lakes or rice fields, both wild and cultivated. From June to July, when the flowers are not in bloom, harvest, remove the petiole, dry in the sun until 70% to 80% dry, fold into a semicircle and dry in the sun. Fresh or tender leaves are also used in summer. However, what effect does the lotus leaf have? What's the function of lotus leaf? Honey, you must want to know, too Then let's read on together _

Efficacy of lotus leaf: ingredients: basic ingredients with anti-mitotic effect such as nuciferine, citric acid, malic acid, gluconic acid, oxalic acid and succinic acid.

Sexual taste: flat and bitter.

Meridian tropism: heart, liver and spleen meridians.

Efficacy: clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting hair growth and clearing yang, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Used for: polydipsia due to summer heat, diarrhea due to summer dampness, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, vomiting due to blood heat, metrorrhagia and hematochezia. Lotus leaf charcoal converges, removes blood stasis and stops bleeding. Used for various hemorrhagic diseases and postpartum blood halo.

Function of lotus leaf: lowering blood fat: nuciferine is an alkaloid extracted from lotus leaf, which can dilate blood vessels, clear away heat and relieve summer heat, and has the effect of lowering blood pressure.

Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases: Lotus leaf is a food with homology of medicine and food, which is rich in flavonoids and is a scavenger of most oxygen free radicals. It can improve the activity of SOD (superoxide dismutase), reduce the production of MDA (lipid peroxide malondialdehyde) and 0x-LDL (oxidized low-density lipoprotein), increase the coronary flow and have an antagonistic effect on experimental myocardial infarction. It has protective effect on acute myocardial ischemia; Has obvious effect on treating coronary heart disease and hypertension. It also plays an important role in reducing diastolic blood pressure, preventing and treating arrhythmia and cardiovascular diseases.

Weight loss: alkaloids in lotus leaves have the function of lowering blood fat and are often used to treat obesity in clinic. The weight loss principle of lotus leaf is to form a layer of fat isolation film on the human intestinal wall after taking it, which can effectively prevent the absorption of fat, lose weight fundamentally and control the rebound more effectively.

Notes for Lotus Leaves: 1. It is suitable for clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, and is suitable for frying charcoal to dissipate blood stasis and stop bleeding.

2. Fresh ones are good at dispelling summer evil, and are often used together with fresh Pogostemon, fresh Eupatorium and watermelon Cui Yi.

Lotus leaf can not only clear away heat and relieve summer heat, but also promote spleen yang. For summer heat diarrhea, it is often used with lentils.

4. Lotus leaf can also be used with spleen-strengthening drugs for patients with spleen deficiency and qi stagnation and diarrhea.

Knowledge expansion of lotus leaf: usage and dosage of lotus leaf: oral administration: decoction, 1 ~ 3 money (fresh 0.5 ~ 1 2); I still took the pills and dispersed them. External use: pounding, grinding, mixing or frying, washing.

Lotus leaf selection: dry leaves are usually folded into semi-circular or fan-shaped, complete or slightly damaged. After the blade is unfolded, it looks like a round shield with a diameter of more than 30 cm. The forehead is turquoise or brownish green with white short thick glandular hairs; The back is grayish yellow or grayish green, smooth and shiny; There are prominent petiole residues in the center; Full margin; The veins are obvious, with 265438 thick veins +0 ~ 22, radiating outward from the center and divided into many fine veins. Crispy. Slightly fragrant, light and slightly astringent. It is best to have large, intact, green leaves without spots.