1, clearing heat and cooling blood: lotus root is cold, which has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood, and can be used to treat heatstroke; Lotus root is sweet and light, which is especially beneficial to people with fever, thirst, epistaxis and hemoptysis.

2, laxative, spleen appetizer: Lotus root contains mucin and dietary fiber, which can be combined with cholate in the human body, cholesterol and triglycerides in food, so that it is discharged from feces, thereby reducing the absorption of lipids.

Lotus root has a unique fragrance, and also contains tannin, which has a certain effect of strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, can stimulate appetite, promote digestion, stimulate appetite, strengthen the body, and is beneficial to the recovery of people with poor appetite.

3, cough: Lotus root soup has a cough relieving effect, directly drinking the juice squeezed by lotus root can treat severe cough.

Extended data:

Lotus root contains mucin and dietary fiber, which can be combined with cholate in human body, cholesterol and triglyceride in food, so that it can be excreted from feces, thus reducing the absorption of lipids. Lotus root gives off a unique fragrance, and also contains tannin, which has certain functions of invigorating spleen, stopping diarrhea, stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, stimulating appetite and strengthening the body, and is beneficial to the recovery of people with poor appetite.

Lotus root has high nutritional value and is rich in trace elements such as iron and calcium. It is also rich in protein, vitamins and starch, and has obvious effects of invigorating qi and blood and enhancing human immunity. Therefore, Chinese medicine calls it: "the Lord nourishes the spirit, benefiting qi and tonifying deficiency."

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