Drinking tea in Lianhualou can prevent diabetes. Lotus with seeds can be boiled in the sun and drunk with rock sugar. It tastes bitter and can be used to remove blood stasis and treat postpartum retained placenta. Lotus seeds and plumula Nelumbinis are good Chinese medicines.
According to Compendium of Materia Medica, lotus seeds have the functions of treating heart and kidney, benefiting stomach, strengthening essence and qi, strengthening bones and muscles, tonifying deficiency, benefiting eyes and ears, and dispelling cold and dampness.
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Lotus room is the part of lotus leaf wrapped by lotus seeds. Boiling tea can prevent diabetes and tastes bitter. You can also dry lotus leaves with lotus seeds, or add rock sugar to the soup. It tastes bitter and can be used for removing blood stasis and treating diseases. Can be used for treating postpartum retained placenta, nosebleeds, abdominal pain due to blood stasis, and excessive leucorrhea.
Lotus seeds are not only nutritious and delicious, but also have the functions of clearing blood and removing blood stasis, benefiting stomach and calming the nerves. Lotus seeds and lotus whiskers are not only regarded as precious nourishing foods, but also good Chinese medicines.
Lotus seeds are sweet and astringent, and have the functions of strengthening the spleen, stopping diarrhea, clearing the heart and nourishing the spirit, and tonifying the kidney. It is often used to treat palpitation and insomnia, men's nocturnal emission, women's menorrhagia and leucorrhea, spleen and stomach weakness and diarrhea.
References:
Lotus-Baidu Encyclopedia