Nutritional value of lotus seeds
1. Lotus seeds are rich in protein, vitamins, minerals and trace elements, with high calories, especially good sources of calcium and phosphorus.
2. Lotus seeds contain aspartic acid and trisaccharide.
3. Lotus heart contains alkaloids such as liensinine and isoliensinine. It tastes bitter, has the effect of clearing away heat and purging fire, has obvious cardiotonic effect, can dilate peripheral blood vessels and lower blood pressure.
Efficacy and function of white lotus seeds
Flat in nature, sweet and astringent in taste, entering the heart, spleen and kidney meridians; Strengthening the spleen to stop diarrhea, tonifying the kidney, astringing and clearing, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves. Used for diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, nocturnal emission, palpitation and insomnia. Indications: sleepiness at night, insomnia, forgetfulness, polydipsia, lumbago, limp feet, deafness, nocturnal emission, stranguria, chronic dysentery, asthenic diarrhea, metrorrhagia and leukorrhagia, and stomach deficiency.
1. Anticancer
Lotus seed is good at nourishing the deficiency of five internal organs, promoting the circulation of qi and blood in the twelve meridians, making qi and blood smooth and not rot. The Huangxin Suning oxide contained in lotus seed has inhibitory effect on nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which constitutes the nutritional and health care function of lotus seed in preventing and treating cancer.
bring down the blood pressure
The amorphous alkaloid N-9 contained in lotus seeds has the effect of lowering blood pressure.
Strengthen the heart and soothe the nerves
The green core of white lotus seed center, called white lotus seed core, contains many alkaloids such as liensinine and isoliensinine. It tastes bitter, has the effect of clearing away heat and purging fire, has obvious cardiotonic effect, can dilate peripheral blood vessels and lower blood pressure. It can treat ulcers in the mouth and tongue and help sleep. Used as tonic, invigorating spleen and stopping diarrhea, nourishing kidney and astringent essence, nourishing heart and calming nerves. Can be used for treating chronic diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency, diarrhea, incontinence, metrorrhagia, leukorrhagia, anxiety, fright, insomnia, etc.
4. Nourish and replenish deficiency, stop the legacy and collect essence
For patients with chronic diseases, postpartum or elderly people with physical weakness, it is a common nutrient; Leucorrhea can inhibit sexual desire, and has a good effect on stopping nocturnal emission for young MUBI and those with frequent or nocturnal emission.
Information about white lotus seeds
Lotus seeds, also known as lotus seeds, lotus rice and water pills, are mature seeds of Nelumbo nucifera, a perennial aquatic herb of Nymphaeaceae. It was born in a small lotus flower. Because of its hard shell, the ancients called it stone white lotus seed. Lotus seed is a by-product of lotus and one of the specialties of China. Lotus, mainly producing white lotus seeds, is called purple lotus. China's Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang and other provinces are all famous purple lotus producing areas. When the fruit is ripe in autumn and winter, cut the lotus room (lotus) and take out the fruit; Or take away the fruit that is submerged in water and mud. Remove the shell of the fruit and use it fresh or in the sun. Or peel off the skin and heart (blue germ) of white lotus seeds, especially lotus seed meat.
White lotus seeds are mostly named after their origin or appearance, which can be roughly divided into Xiang Lian, Honglian, An Baili, Lian Tongxin, Shell Lotus and so on. Xianglian, which is produced in Xiangtan and Anxiang, Hunan Province, Dabailian, which is produced along Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province, and Jianlian, which is produced in Jianyang and Jianning, Fujian Province, is one of the three famous lotus seeds in China and enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad.
Lotus cakes are always necessary at all rich banquets, ancient and modern, at home and abroad, such as the royal banquet in Song Gaozong described in Old Wulin in the Song Dynasty and the lotus cakes in The Journey to the West? Chef? There are royal banquets and Jiafu banquets described in A Dream of Red Mansions. White lotus seed meat? 、? Dry steamed white lotus seeds? And then what? White lotus seed soup? It's the last cold dish, isn't it No lotus, no table? Fashion. White lotus seed is not only a precious nourishing food, but also a panacea. In the prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine, white lotus seeds are usually called lotus seed meat and fragrant lotus seed meat. The ancients said that eating white lotus seeds can rejuvenate and live forever. This is not credible, but there are many records about its medicinal value of nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, strengthening the brain and improving intelligence, and eliminating fatigue. For example, it is well recorded in Shennong Materia Medica, Herbal Supplement, Compendium of Materia Medica and Compendium of Materia Medica.