It is rich in nutrients, wide range of uses, high economic value. Every 500 grams of lotus root contains 4.3 grams of protein, 0.4 grams of fat, 86 grams of carbohydrates, calories 125 kilocalories, calcium 82 milligrams, iron 2.2 milligrams, and vitamins B, C and inorganic salts. Lotus root for fresh food, for the famous seasonal vegetables, can be made of lotus root powder; lotus seed for tonic food; lotus root section. Lotus seeds and lotus leaves are used in medicine, and lotus leaves are used as a heat-clearing drink in the local area. Cultivated as garden ornamental plants. Lotus root can also be processed into lotus root powder, often used as a tonic after illness; leaves can be medicinal and edible, treatment of summer fever, chest tightness, diarrhea and other diseases.
Lotus root is a treasure:
Fresh lotus root after steaming, the color from white to purple, the performance of the cool to warm, has no function of clearing away heat and stasis, but there is a complementary effect of the spleen and stomach, mainly for the spleen and stomach weakness, consumptive patients with spleen deficiency, it is also appropriate to eat.
The lotus root is the rhizome of the lotus, the other parts of the lotus, can also be used as medicine.
The root of the lotus root, has astringent effect, mainly used for the treatment of various bleeding conditions. Folk with fresh lotus root decoction water with sugar service; some use fresh lotus root, fresh leucaena root 60 grams of decoction water service; some use dry lotus root 30 grams, frost mulberry leaves and leucaena root 15 grams, decoction water to remove the residue, into the rock sugar 30 grams, drink in 3 times.
Lotus seed, that is, the seed of lotus, has a tonic solid astringent effect, and has a certain effect of tranquilizing the mind. The famous formula for treating prolonged diarrhea of spleen deficiency, ginseng ling bai ju san, which has lotus seeds. Folk use lotus seeds and brown sugar with the decoction, eat lotus seeds and drink soup, not only for the treatment of diarrhea of spleen deficiency, but also for the treatment of women's weakness, leucorrhea, but also for insomnia, palpitations of the patient.
Stone lotus seed, is the lotus seed old in the lotus room, fell into the silt, after a long time to become hard as stone. When used medicinally, the shell should be broken. Mainly used in the treatment of chronic gonorrhea and chronic dysentery. Treatment of gonorrhea famous formula clear heart lotus drink, which is the stone lotus meat as the main drug, modern use in the treatment of chronic pyelonephritis has a certain effect.
Lianshu, the dried stamen of the lotus flower, has the effect of astringency and fixing semen, and is often used in the treatment of spermatorrhea. Treatment of spermatorrhea Chinese patent medicine Jinliao Guoxingwan, which has lotus beard.
Lotus leaf, the leaves of lotus, has the effect of clearing heat, relieving summer heat, appetizing and stopping bleeding. In recent years, it has also been found to have the effect of lowering cholesterol. Some people use lotus leaf decoction to treat hyperlipidemia, to 20 days for a course of treatment, the results of the vast majority of people have the effect.
List of nutrients in lotus root [lotus root]
(Contained per 100g) Ingredient Name Content Ingredient Name Content Ingredient Name Content
Edible Part 88 Moisture (g) 80.5 Energy (kcal) 70
Energy (kJ) 293 Protein (g) 1.9 Fat (g) 0.2
Carbohydrates (g) 16.4 Dietary fiber (g) 1.2 Cholesterol (mg) 0
Ash (g) 1 Vitamin A (mg) 3 Carotene (mg) 20
Retinol (mg) 0 Thiamine (mcg) 0.09 Riboflavin (mg) 0.03
Nicotinic Acid (mg) 0.3 Vitamin C (mg) 44 Vitamin E (T) (mg) 0.73
a-E 0.21 (β-γ)-E 0.23 δ-E 0.29
Calcium (milligrams) 39 Phosphorus (milligrams) 58 Potassium (milligrams) 243
Sodium (milligrams) 44.2 Magnesium (milligrams) 19 Iron (milligrams) 1.4
Zinc (milligrams) 0.23 Selenium (micrograms) 0.39 Copper (milligrams) 0.11
Manganese (mg) 1.3 Iodine (mg) 2.4
Ingredient Name Content (mg) Ingredient Name Content (mg) Ingredient Name Content (mg)
Isoleucine 44 Leucine 65 Lysine 60
Sulphur-containing Amino Acids (T) 71 Methionine 39 Cystine 32
Aromatic Amino Acids (T) 67 Phenylalanine 33 Tyrosine 34
Threonine 59 Tryptophan 26 Valine 57
Arginine 48 Histidine 32 Alanine 81
Aspartate 573 Glutamic acid 211 Glycine 38
Proline 53 Serine 62