1. Lotus seeds taste bitter, but good medicine tastes bitter. Lotus plumule has many benefits to human body. In particular, soaking lotus plumule in water has many effects such as clearing away heat and toxic materials, calming the mind and stopping bleeding. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, lotus seeds are cold, bitter and non-toxic. Because it is rich in alkaloids such as liensinine and isoliensinine, it tastes bitter and has the effects of clearing away heat, fixing sperm, calming the nerves, strengthening the heart and lowering blood pressure.

2. Lotus plumule is rich in nutrition, rich in minerals and vitamin C, high in cellulose and iron, and contains tannic acid, many of which are related to hemostasis and suitable for anemia patients to soak in water. The cellulose in lotus seeds can obviously reduce the absorption of cholesterol in food and play a slimming role, which is very suitable for weight loss and beauty. Cancer patients are also encouraged to drink lotus plumule soaked in water for many times because of radiotherapy, hematuria and bloody stool caused by heat poisoning and yin injury.

3. Lotus plumule also has the functions of tonifying kidney, clearing heart, stopping bleeding and fixing essence. Lotus plumule belongs to spleen, kidney and heart meridian. Therefore, it has the functions of nourishing the heart, calming the nerves, strengthening the spleen, stopping diarrhea, tonifying the kidney and fixing the essence. If you usually have symptoms such as fatigue, palpitation, insomnia, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, loss of appetite, and nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency.

It should be reminded that although lotus seed soup has many functions of soaking water, some people can't drink it. This is because lotus plumule has the function of astringent intestine and antidiarrheal. People with dry stools, it is best not to drink lotus plumule soaked in water often. Especially elderly and frail constipation patients, because of yin deficiency in the body, are not suitable for drinking water soaked in lotus seeds.