Lotus leaf: It has certain medicinal value. Fresh and green lotus leaves, scalded with boiling water and then cooled with cold water, are used to wrap chicken and meat, steamed and eaten, with special shape and unique flavor, and are excellent delicacies. First-class rice is lotus leaf rice cooked with shrimp, barbecued pork, duck, eggs and mushrooms. Its taste is fragrant and delicious, which can stimulate appetite. Using fresh lotus leaves to cook porridge or make tea can also prevent heatstroke.
According to the dietotherapy guide, lotus leaf porridge can relieve fever, dissipate blood stasis, lower blood pressure, reduce blood fat and lose weight, with good effect.
Coix seed:
Sexual taste, sweet, light and slightly cold. Enter spleen, stomach and lung meridians.
Efficacy of diuresis, diuresis, spleen strengthening, joint pain, heat clearing and pus discharge.
Clinical application: 1: It is used for the symptoms of dysuria, edema, beriberi and damp-heat: Coix seed is beneficial to water infiltration, but its effect is relatively weak. However, due to its slight cold, it can be used for damp-heat and short urine, and can be used equally with talc and medulla tetrapanacis. For damp-warm diseases, the pathogen is in qi, and the pathogen tends to prevail, so it can be used equally with almond, nutmeg, bamboo leaf and Akebia stem.
2. Used for diarrhea and leukorrhagia: This product can strengthen the spleen and permeate dampness, so it is suitable for diarrhea and leukorrhagia due to spleen deficiency and dampness. It can be used with Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria.
3. Used for damp stagnation, arthralgia, muscle contracture, etc. This product can dispel dampness and relieve contracture, so it can be used for joint pain and tendon contracture caused by dampness stagnation. It is often used with Guizhi and Baizhu.
4. Used for lung carbuncle and intestinal carbuncle: Coix seed can clear lung heat, reduce gastrointestinal damp heat, and is often used for the disease of internal carbuncle, which has the function of expelling pus and eliminating carbuncle. For lung abscess, chest pain and expectoration, it can be used with fresh reed rhizome, winter melon seeds, peach kernel and houttuynia cordata. For intestinal carbuncle, it can be used equally with Patrinia herb and aconite root.
Poria cocos is a saprophytic fungus parasitic under the roots of pine trees. Sweet and light, it has the functions of diuresis, invigorating spleen and stomach, calming the heart and calming the nerves. Because of its different medicinal parts, it has different names and functions. Poria cocos is a red part under the skin of Poria cocos, which has a strong diuretic effect and can be used to treat Huang Chi and painful urination. Poria cocos skin is the black skin of Poria cocos, which has a good diuretic effect and is used to treat edema and short urine. Poria cocos is a part with loose roots, which has a strong effect of calming the nerves and promoting diuresis, and can treat palpitation, forgetfulness and dysuria. Poria wood is the pine root of Poria cocos, which can calm the liver and soothe the nerves, and is used to treat depression and insomnia in the heart area. Poria cocos is made of Poria cocos and cinnabar, which has a strong sedative effect and is used to treat palpitation and insomnia.
Pharmacological Effects of Pueraria lobata (Pueraria lobata, Pueraria lobata, Pueraria lobata, Pueraria lobata)
1. can improve coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis, lower blood pressure, increase cerebral blood flow, increase coronary blood flow and protect myocardium.
2. It has spasmolytic, antipyretic and hypoglycemic effects.
3. It has estrogen-like effect.
Efficacy: strengthening yang, relaxing muscles and tendons, quenching thirst, penetrating rash and stopping diarrhea.