Lotus seed has a high nutritional value, rich in protein, fat and carbohydrates, is a very good tonic, it has a nourishing heart and tranquility, spleen and kidney, stop diarrhea and fix the essence of the efficacy, but also can play a role in helping sleep. Now is the lotus seed picking season, so many people will take this opportunity to buy some more, as weekdays to nourish the body, but the purchase of the time there will be doubt, the market has white lotus seed and red lotus seed points, I do not know what is the difference between what kind to buy?
In fact, the lotus seed is the lotus plant lotus seeds, when the fruit is ripe in the fall cut off the lotus room, from which the fruit, and then remove the skin, after drying is red lotus seed, and red lotus seed after processing peeled to become the white lotus seed, so the red lotus seed and white lotus seed is a thing, just a peeled one did not peel.
Although they are one thing, they differ in flavor and ease of cooking.
White lotus seed is easier to cook, cooked soft and sticky, flavorful and delicious. While red lotus seed is not cooked, the texture is more hard, also slightly bitter flavor after cooked.
White lotus seed and red lotus seed as food, from the nutritional composition, the two kinds of lotus seed is almost similar, are very rich in protein, carbohydrates, and vitamins and calcium, phosphorus, iron and other minerals, is the young and old food.
From a medicinal point of view, the two kinds of lotus seeds have a tonic in the qi, nourish the heart and tranquilize the mind, benefit the kidney qi, spleen and stomach and other efficacy, for the weak or sick after childbirth spleen and stomach weakness, heartburn, easy to get angry, insomnia, dreamy, loss of appetite and women's blood deficiency lumbar soreness, leucorrhea, men's kidney qi deficiency of spermatorrhea and other diseases have a very good help. Just red lotus seed is more used for blood nourishment, while white lotus seed is slightly better in the qi;
Lotus seed, although nutritious, delicious, nourishing the body has a lot of benefits, but it is not easy to digest, spleen and stomach, weak digestion should not be eaten at a time more than one person. In addition, patients with cold body is not suitable for long-term consumption, that will aggravate the patient's cold symptoms. Also, lotus seed heart taste bitter, with a small poison, it is recommended to eat the lotus seed heart removed.
The above are my views on the red lotus seed and white lotus seed, I hope it is useful to you.