The root tips can be soaked in water and changed every two days to keep them for a week or so without losing their freshness. The easiest way to keep it fresh for a short time is to wrap it in plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator. Lotus root tip is not good or bad, any length of thickness can be, just be careful, try to buy tender varieties. Tip buds if the small flowers, is certainly old; with a pinch, the more water the more tender.

Lotus root tip effects and functions: 1, lower cholesterol

After people eat lotus root tip, can absorb a lot of mucin, it enters the human body, can be combined with the bile salts in the human body, can accelerate the bile acids in the body, and can prevent cholesterol in the body siltation, and in addition to its entry into the blood of human beings, but also to clear the blood is expected to reach the lips, can let the blood in the blood, can let the number of cholesterol down, can be in the prevention of cholesterol, can be in the prevention of cholesterol. The number of cholesterol decreased, can prevent high blood fat at the same time to improve human cardiovascular health.

2, increase appetite and promote digestion

Lotus root tip is a kind of tender texture, flavorful and healthy ingredients, it is also rich in tannin, this substance can directly act on the human gastrointestinal function, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, but also accelerate the secretion of digestive juices, people can consume it to increase appetite after appetizers and increase the appetite, and improve the digestive function of the stomach and intestines.

3, intestinal detoxification to relieve constipation

Lotus root tip in a large number of dietary fiber, these dietary fibers into the human body after the expansion of water, and can accelerate gastrointestinal peristalsis, can promote the body's garbage and intestinal metabolism of food residues, can prevent the accumulation of toxic substances in the body, so people consume lotus root tip after the intestinal detoxification and laxative.