Fresh lotus seeds can be eaten raw.
Fresh lotus seeds eat sweet in the mouth, have the effect of clearing the heart and relieving heat, summer heat is easy to irritability, eat a few fresh green lotus seeds, savor between the teeth, immediately refreshing, relaxed and happy.
Lotus heart can lower blood pressure, in addition to heart fire. Brain workers with lotus heart tea drink, can be healthy brain, enhance memory, improve work efficiency. Legend has it that Emperor Qianlong always used lotus leaf dewdrops to make lotus heart tea every time he visited the summer resort to nourish the heart and benefit the intellect, adjust the vital energy, detoxify and clear the heart fire.
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Precautions for Consuming Lotus Seeds
1. When the climate is hot, people who are usually strong in body (those with high yang) often suffer from excessive internal heat, such as a dry nose, a sore throat, and reddened eyes. If lotus seeds are used to cook sugar water, they do not need to be cored.
2. Women suffering from menopausal syndrome usually suffer from both qi and blood deficiency and heart and liver deficiency. Therefore, heart lotus seeds are often recommended for medical and edible treatments.
3. Children are often irritable because their heart and liver are on fire. In this case, lotus seeds (retained core) can be used to cook soup for them as a clear and harmless way of clearing the heart and removing vexation, while the flesh of lotus seeds can make their spleen and stomach healthy.
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