The calorie content of lotus root is not high, 100 grams can eat a part of the calorie content is 73 calories. Lotus root has high nutritional value, rich in iron, calcium and other trace elements, plant protein, vitamins and starch content is also very rich, there are obvious tonic blood, enhance the role of human immunity.

Lotus root contains mucin and dietary fiber, which can combine with bile acid salts, cholesterol and triglycerides in food in the human body, so that they can be discharged from the feces, thus reducing the absorption of lipids.

Lotus root exudes a unique fragrance, but also contains tannin, there is a certain spleen and diarrhea effect, can enhance appetite, promote digestion, appetizer, good for poor appetite, loss of appetite to restore health.

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Lotus root likes warmth. 15 ℃ above the seed root can sprout, the growth of the peak period requires a temperature of 20-30 ℃, the water temperature of 21-25 ℃. The early stage of the lotus root requires a higher temperature, in order to facilitate the expansion of the root body, the later requires a greater temperature difference between day and night, daytime 25 ℃, night 15 ℃ or so, in order to facilitate the accumulation of nutrients and the lotus root body of the enrichment.

The dormant period is required to maintain more than 5 ℃, below 5 ℃, the lotus root is easy to freeze.

2. Light: Lotus root is a light-loving plant, intolerant of shade, requires sufficient light during the reproductive period, the length of sunlight requirements are not strict. Sufficient light in the first period is conducive to the growth of stems and leaves. Sufficient light in the later period is favorable for flowering, fruiting and lotus root body filling.

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