Chinese medicine believes that lotus root tastes sweet and cold, and has the effects of quenching thirst, strengthening spleen and appetizing.
Treatment of bronchiectasis hemoptysis: juice from raw lotus root, one cup a day.
Treatment of upper gastrointestinal bleeding: raw lotus root juice, two cups a day, for 3~5 days.
Drinking raw lotus root juice can also treat acute gastroenteritis, nosebleeds, heatstroke and abdominal pain.
Lotus root can be eaten raw and fried, and can also be made into glutinous rice sugar lotus root, white sugar glutinous rice lotus root porridge and other foods.
Lotus root, also known as lotus root, belongs to Nymphaeaceae. Lotus root originated in India and was later introduced to China. It has been cultivated for more than 3000 years. Lotus root is cultivated in southern provinces of China, and there are two kinds of lotus root, namely seven-hole lotus root and nine-hole lotus root. Seven-hole lotus root is widely cultivated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. This variety has excellent texture, thick roots, tender meat, crisp, sweet and white, and people like to eat it. Different parts of the lotus have different names and can be used as medicine. Lotus stems are called lotus stems, and leaves are called lotus leaves and lotus leaf stalks. Lotus root is called lotus root, and the shell is called lotus leaf; The fruit is lotus flesh or lotus seeds, in which the embryo is called lotus heart and the underground stem of lotus is called lotus root (lotus root festival is extremely powerful).
[Ingredients] Every100g of edible part contains 2.3g of protein, 0.01g of fat, 0.8g of carbohydrate, 0.8mg of calcium, 5 1 mg of phosphorus, 4.4mg of iron, vitamin B and vitamin C.
Chinese medicine believes that raw lotus root is sweet, cold and non-toxic. Cooked lotus root is sweet, warm and non-toxic.
【 Efficacy 】 Raw lotus root has the functions of removing blood stasis, clearing away heat, quenching thirst and stopping bleeding (nosebleeds, hematuria, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, etc.). ), resolving phlegm, treating pneumonia, tuberculosis, enteritis, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, and women's bloody collapse. After the lotus root is cooked, its nature changes from cool to warm, and it loses the function of removing blood stasis and clearing heat. It is beneficial to the spleen and stomach, and has the effects of nourishing stomach and yin, nourishing blood and stopping diarrhea.