Fresh lotus seeds can be eaten raw.

The lotus seed is peeled off inside the lotus seed, can be eaten directly, fresh lotus seed raw flavor.

But fresh lotus seeds can not eat more, so as not to affect the spleen and stomach caused by diarrhea, eat the best to take out the middle of the lotus seed core before eating, because the core is bitter, will affect the taste of lotus seeds.

Expanded Information:

p>Lotus nelumbinatus, Chinese medicine name. It is the dried mature seeds of Lotus Nelumbo nucifera?Gaertn. in the Water Lily family.

Distributed in the north and south provinces of China. It has the effect of tonifying the spleen, stopping diarrhea, stopping the belt, benefiting the kidney and astringent essence, nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind. It is often used in treating diarrhea of deficiency of the spleen, subluxation, spermatorrhea, palpitation and insomnia.

Hard, thin seed coat, not easy to peel. The cotyledons are 2, yellowish-white, plump, with hollow space, with green lotus seed heart. Slightly gas, taste sweet, slightly astringent; lotus seed heart taste bitter.

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