Cook with rice soup. Pour a lot of rice soup into the pot. After the fire boils, pour the dried lotus seeds into the pot. When you find the lotus seeds begin to swell, take them out immediately and pour out the rice soup. Put the dried lotus seeds into plant ash or tiny charcoal ash, and let the charcoal ash fully wrap the dried lotus seeds. After a few hours, cut the lotus seeds dry with a knife and peel them.

Old and hard lotus seeds can be cooked in rice soup and peeled easily. Pour a lot of rice soup into the pot. After the fire boils, pour the dried lotus seeds into the pot. When you find the lotus seeds begin to swell, take them out immediately and pour out the rice soup. Put the dried lotus seeds into plant ash or tiny charcoal ash, and let the charcoal ash fully wrap the dried lotus seeds. After a few hours, cut the lotus seeds dry with a knife and peel them.

Lotus seeds have the effects of invigorating spleen, stopping diarrhea, stopping leucorrhea, tonifying kidney, astringing essence, nourishing heart and calming nerves.

Lotus seeds are mainly used for diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, increased leucorrhea and nocturnal emission palpitation and insomnia.