Lotus root

Its nature and flavor are mild, sweet and astringent, and non-toxic.

Returns into the heart, lung, spleen and stomach meridians.

Efficacy: clear away heat and cool blood, dissipate blood stasis and stop diarrhea, invigorate the spleen and promote muscle growth, appetizer and digestion, benefit blood and stop bleeding.

It is mainly used to treat lung-heat cough, irritability and thirst, spleen deficiency and diarrhea, loss of appetite and various blood syndromes.

Therapeutic Recipes

(1) Lotus Root Balls

[Recipe] 1000 grams of fresh Great Lakes lotus root, 500 grams of glutinous rice.

[Operation] Peel the lotus root and remove the joints, wash it, and cook it in a pot. When it is cooked, pick it up and mash it like mud; clean the glutinous rice, cook it into rotten rice, and mash it into paste. Bake, stir in lotus root puree and make meatballs; add oil in the pot, when the oil is 50% hot, add the meatballs into the oil pan and fry until golden brown, remove and drain the oil, add sugar water to the pot, boil and fry Add the good meatballs to the sugar water, simmer over low heat for a while, and remove from the pot when the sugar water dries up.

[Efficacy] It has the effect of strengthening the spleen, appetizing, and increasing appetite. It is suitable for diseases such as lack of appetite and loss of appetite.

(2) Steamed lotus root with honey

[Recipe] 500 grams of fresh lotus root, 150 ml of honey, 50 grams of flour.

[Operation] First wash the lotus root, cut off the segments, use flour and water to make a paste to seal the bottom of the lotus root, then fill the hole with honey, place it vertically in a cage, steam it, and then remove the lotus root. Pour the batter from the bottom, drain the honey from the holes, peel off the lotus root skin, slice it into slices with a knife, put it on a plate, and it's ready to eat.

[Efficacy] It has the effects of appetizing, strengthening the spleen, cooling the blood and heat. Anyone with fever, thirst, lung-heat cough, dry throat, dry mouth, hemoptysis, or bloody stool can eat it.

(3) Cold lotus root

[Recipe] 400 grams each of fresh lotus root and yellow rice, 10 ml of scallion oil, 10 grams each of shredded ginger, orange peel and fennel.

[Operation] Wash the lotus root and cut it into cubes, blanch it in boiling water and take it out. After salting, drain the brine, add scallion oil, ginger shreds and orange peel shreds, mix well and set aside. Grind the fennel into fine powder; stir the yellow rice, lotus root cubes, etc. evenly, then add the minced fennel, mash it, wrap it with fresh lotus leaves, and press it with a heavy object overnight before eating.

[Efficacy] It has the functions of producing body fluids and appetizing, nourishing lungs and qi, nourishing blood and stopping bleeding, and detoxifying alcohol. It is a good vegetable to accompany wine at banquets, and can be eaten by both young and old. It is especially suitable for those with weak spleen, stomach heat and thirst.

(4) Five Juice Drink

[Recipe] 500 grams each of fresh lotus root, fresh pears, raw water chestnuts, raw sugar cane, and 250 grams of fresh raw ground.

[Operation] Wash the above 5 fresh products and squeeze the juice. Drink 1 small cup each time, 3 to 4 cups a day.

[Efficacy] It has the effects of benefiting the stomach and promoting fluid production, eliminating restlessness and quenching thirst. It is suitable for dry cough, dry throat, thirst, fever, hemophilia and other diseases. It is also effective for people with hot and painful urination.

(5) Lotus root porridge

[Recipe] 500 grams of japonica rice and 250 grams of Dahu lotus root.

[Operation] Wash and chop the lotus root, put it into the wok with the japonica rice and cook the porridge. When the porridge is about to be cooked, add an appropriate amount of salt and sesame oil, stir evenly, and the porridge is ready to eat.

[Efficacy] It has the effect of strengthening the spleen, appetizing, and stopping diarrhea. It is suitable for various symptoms of spleen deficiency and diarrhea. It is often eaten by the elderly and infirm, and has the effect of strengthening physical fitness.