Modern medical research shows that lotus plumule contains alkaloids, which have three major functions:
1, significantly reducing blood pressure, and the effect of reducing diastolic blood pressure is obviously greater than systolic blood pressure, which may be related to its direct expansion of vascular smooth muscle.
2. It has antiarrhythmic effect, can obviously inhibit platelet aggregation, reduce thrombosis, and has the effects of anti-lipid peroxidation and scavenging free radicals. No wonder plumula Nelumbinis has strong activity on cardiovascular system, and is good at clearing away heat, especially suitable for patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in summer.
3. Lotus plumule also contains flavonoids, various volatile oils, chlorophyll and trace elements such as zinc, copper, iron, calcium and lead. Flavonoids have antioxidant effects.
Recent studies have shown that plumula Nelumbinis also has a good anti-cancer effect.
Syndrome differentiation and treatment of TCM
Chinese medicine believes that lotus seeds taste bitter and cold, and enter the heart and kidney meridian, which mainly has three functions-
Efficacy 1: astringent semen, mainly used to treat spermatorrhea and nocturnal emission caused by kidney deficiency, and is compatible with ootheca mantidis, Semen Astragali Complanati and Fructus Rosae Laevigatae.
Efficacy 2: clearing away heat from the heart, mainly treating high fever, irritability, delirium and delirium caused by epidemic febrile diseases. It can be used with Scrophularia, Ophiopogon japonicus and bamboo leaves.
Efficacy 3: hemostasis, mainly used for bleeding caused by blood heat, such as female nosebleed, vomiting blood, metrorrhagia and so on. Often used with Radix Rehmanniae, Rhizoma Imperatae and rhinoceros horn.
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What goes with lotus plumule?
1, chrysanthemum
Ingredients: lotus seed 5g, chrysanthemum 3g, gold, honeysuckle 3g.
Practice: Put lotus plumule and chrysanthemum honeysuckle together in a teacup and brew half a cup with just boiled water. Wash the tea leaves and filter out the tea soup immediately. Pour 90 degrees of boiling water again. Cover and stew for 3-5 minutes. Make lotus seed tea first. When you are almost finished, soak it again until it is diluted.
Efficacy: Lotus plumule and Chrysanthemum morifolium (slightly more expensive than Chrysanthemum morifolium, but much more delicious) match best. It is not bitter or fragrant to drink, it has the effect of clearing away heart fire and is also good for insomnia (self-experience).
2. honey
Ingredients: 8 grams of lotus plumule, appropriate amount of rock sugar, appropriate amount of honey and appropriate amount of water.
Practice: the pot is on fire, add appropriate amount of water, boil over high fire, and pour into the cup. 2 Add lotus plumule and rock sugar, brew for 10 minute, then add appropriate amount of honey and mix well, drink often.
Efficacy: This tea has the effects of nourishing the heart, calming the nerves, invigorating the spleen and regulating the stomach, clearing away heat and purging fire, promoting fluid production and relieving cough.
3. Green tea
Material: 3 grams of lotus seed core, green tea 1 gram.
Practice: 3 grams of dried lotus plumule and green tea 1 gram, brew half a cup with freshly boiled water, cover it immediately, drink it after 5 minutes, and brew it repeatedly until it tastes light.
Efficacy: Lotus seed core tastes bitter, but it has obvious cardiotonic effect, which can dilate peripheral blood vessels and lower blood pressure. Lotus plumule also has a good heart-clearing effect, which can treat sores on the mouth and tongue and help sleep.
4. Ophiopogon japonicus
Ingredients: 20g of Ophiopogon japonicus and 2g of lotus plumule.
Practice: Wash 20g of Ophiopogon japonicus, dry it in the sun, put it in a cup with 2g of lotus plumule, brew it with boiling water, cover it, and let it sit for15min. Drink tea instead of tea often and brew for 3-5 times.
Efficacy: nourishing yin and reducing fire, suitable for menstrual aphtha caused by yin deficiency and excessive fire.
5, licorice
Ingredients: 2-3g of dried lotus seed core and 2-3g of raw licorice.
Practice: Wash lotus plumule with boiling water for later use, and wash and cut raw licorice into small pieces or grind it into powder for later use. Put the above two drugs into a tea set or a thermos cup, brew them with freshly boiled water, stew for 5 minutes, and drink them frequently without tea. Take it 2 to 3 times a day (this tea tastes bitter and can be seasoned with sugar).
Efficacy: Lotus plumule and licorice make tea together, which can treat sleep. Lotus seeds in tea taste bitter and cold, and enter the heart. It has the effect of clearing heart fire. The addition of raw licorice enhances the heart-clearing and annoyance-relieving function of lotus plumule.
6.medlar
Materials: Lycium barbarum10g, white chrysanthemum 3g, 65438+ lotus plumule 0g, and kudingcha 3g.
Practice: remove impurities from Lycium barbarum and chrysanthemum morifolium, wash, dry in the sun or dry in the sun, put it in a cup with lotus plumule and kudingcha, brew it with boiling water, cover it with 10 minute, and then start drinking. Instead of tea, take it often and brew it for 3-5 times.
Efficacy: nourishing yin, nourishing liver and kidney, calming the heart and calming the nerves. It is suitable for premature ovarian failure caused by yin deficiency of liver and kidney, especially those with anxiety disorder.