China has regarded lotus leaf as a slimming medicine since ancient times. Because the roots, lotus roots and leaves of lotus all have simple diuretic and laxative effects. Make full use of the slimming effect of lotus leaf tea, lotus leaf, cool fire, reduce fat and moisten intestines. Many people know to drink lotus leaf tea to lose weight. The flowers, leaves and fruits of lotus have the function of "slimming and transforming oil" in the records of Chinese medical classics, which can not only remove oil from the body, but also improve the complexion. As early as the Ming Dynasty, it was recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that "Lotus leaf can strengthen yang, remove fat and lose weight". After drinking for a period of time, you will naturally become unwilling to eat greasy food, which is most suitable for people who consume too much oil.
Lotus leaf is the leaf of perennial aquatic herb Nelumbo nucifera, and its chemical components mainly include nuciferine, citric acid, malic acid, gluconic acid, oxalic acid, succinic acid and other anti-mitotic alkaline components. Pharmacological research shows that lotus leaf has antipyretic, antibacterial and spasmolytic effects. The processed lotus leaf tastes bitter, slightly salty and pungent, and has the functions of clearing away heat and relieving summer-heat, promoting diuresis and activating yang, removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding, and has a certain curative effect on many diseases, so lotus leaf tea has a certain weight loss effect. Soaking and decocting lotus leaves can dilate blood vessels, clear away heat and relieve summer heat, lower blood pressure and be a good medicine for losing weight. Lotus leaf tea can also significantly reduce the contents of triglyceride and cholesterol in serum, and has the health care function of regulating blood lipid.