1. Improve the digestive system: Lotus leaf can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and relieve constipation and other digestive problems.
2. Lowering blood pressure: Flavonoids in lotus leaves can relax blood vessels and lower blood pressure to a certain extent.
3. Lose weight: Lotus leaf contains a variety of nutrients, which can promote metabolism, accelerate fat burning and have a certain weight loss effect.
4. Healthy skin: Polyphenols in lotus leaves have antioxidant effect, which can effectively delay skin aging and keep skin healthy.
5. Improve sleep: Lotus leaves contain some ingredients that help relax nerves and improve sleep quality.
The disadvantages of drinking lotus leaf water:
1. belongs to cold food: Lotus leaf belongs to cold food, which is easy to damage gastrointestinal mucosa and lead to digestive problems such as diarrhea.
2. Taboo crowd: pregnant women, parturients, children and people with weak constitution and deficiency of spleen and stomach should not eat lotus leaves.
3. Lotus leaf juice contains oxalic acid: excessive drinking of lotus leaf water will cause the accumulation of oxalic acid in the human body, leading to the crystallization of calcium oxalate, which is easy to form stones.
4. Sensitization: If an individual is allergic to lotus leaves, allergic reactions such as nasal congestion and rash may occur.
Generally speaking, reasonable drinking lotus leaf water can bring many benefits, but for people with different constitutions, it is necessary to pay attention to the amount and taboos of drinking.