Attributed to the heart meridian and kidney meridian, it has the efficacy of clearing the heart and tranquilizing the mind, communicating with the heart and kidney, astringent essence and stopping bleeding, so in clinical practice, it is mainly used to treat a number of symptoms caused by heat into the pericardium, including fainting and delirium, lack of communication between the heart and the kidney, insomnia and spermatorrhea, and vomiting of blood with heat in the blood, and so on.

Lotus heart can be eaten, due to the bitter taste of lotus heart, not easy to eat directly, if you eat with boiled water, the bitter taste is slightly alleviated, can be used as a daily fire with the drinking tea, the lotus core has a medicinal and food twofold nature, the home is often prepared to penetrate the heart of the lotus is the main original from the lotus heart, so that the lotus heart is the home of the necessary flavor ingredients.

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Less drink lotus heart water at night: choose lotus heart water to drink has a very good health care role, however, when to drink is also a good idea. When to drink is also a matter of taste. In general, we do not recommend in the evening when a large number of lotus heart water to drink, this time less drink is a good choice. Because a large number of taking lotus heart water can easily lead to frequent night, which is not any good for human health.

Lotus heart is a cold, if you choose to take a moderate amount of the body has a very good heat to reduce the effect. But for the body of the cold crowd is not recommended to take, if this category of people must take, be sure to consult a good doctor in advance, otherwise it is easy to cause adverse effects on the body.

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