Lotus root is full of treasures and is a good food. Fresh lotus root and lotus seed contain a lot of sugar and carbohydrate, sufficient calcium, phosphorus, iron, tapioca starch, various nutrients and protein, so they are foods with high edible value. Raw lotus root has the functions of removing blood stasis and dispersing blood, clearing away heat and toxic materials, quenching thirst, strengthening spleen and stimulating appetite. Cooked lotus root is good at strengthening the spleen and has the effect of warming the stomach and nourishing yin. If it is produced and processed into lotus root starch, preserved fruit and so on. It is an excellent tonic for the elderly, women, children and infirm patients.
In addition, lotus root nodes also have the function of hemostasis, and are often used to treat hematemesis, hemoptysis, urethral bleeding, fecal bleeding, nosebleeds, abnormal uterine bleeding and so on. Lotus seeds have the functions of strengthening spleen, treating diarrhea, clearing heart fire and tonifying kidney, and can be used to treat insomnia, nocturnal emission in men, menorrhagia in women, leucorrhea with peculiar smell, weakness of spleen and stomach, etc.
Lotus plumule contains flavonoids, which has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, calming the nerves, helping sleep and locking semen. Can be used for treating high fever, anxiety and nocturnal emission. At the same time, it has the effect of lowering blood pressure, so it has an auxiliary treatment effect on hypertensive diabetes. Lotus seed leaves contain liensinine, tannin and so on. It has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat and purging fire, and can be used to treat fever, chest tightness, shortness of breath, diarrhea and other symptoms.
Lotus root, Chinese medicine believes that different lotus roots have different medicinal properties and effects. Raw lotus root, sweet in medicine and flat in nature, has the effects of clearing away fire, relieving annoyance, promoting fluid production, quenching thirst and stopping vomiting; If the novel lotus root is squeezed into juice, the effect will be better. I wonder if the medicinal properties of lotus root will change when it is cooked. It is warm in nature, and has the effects of invigorating spleen and regulating stomach, treating diarrhea, invigorating spleen, stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, benefiting qi, nourishing blood and nourishing heart, quenching thirst and expelling toxin.
Contemporary pharmaceutical scientific research has confirmed that lotus root contains protein, tapioca starch, carbohydrates, vitamins, glycogen, tannic acid and other ingredients, which can reduce the digestion and absorption of human fat. It has the function of sealing capillary and stopping bleeding; Has the function of increasing resistance; It has the functions of regulating autonomic nerve and stabilizing heart.