The commonly used edible lotus root is divided into safflower lotus root, white lotus root and hemp flower lotus root three kinds.
Saffron lotus root is long and thin, tawny skin, rough, containing more starch, less water, glutinous but not crisp, suitable for soup;
White lotus root is fat, the appearance of the tender and smooth, silver-white, crispy and juicy meat, sweet flavor, raw food is the best;
The hemp lotus root is pink, the appearance of the rough, starchy, cooked is preferred.
Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" called the lotus root "root", sweet flavor, cold, non-toxic, as a good product to remove silt and fluids.
The raw lotus root has the function of eliminating stasis and clearing heat, removing vexation and quenching thirst, stopping bleeding (nosebleed, blood in urine, blood in stool, uterine bleeding, etc.), and resolving phlegm. Lotus root after cooking, sex from cool to warm, lost the performance of eliminating blood stasis and clearing heat; and changed to have the spleen and stomach, nourishing blood, tonic effect, very suitable for the elderly to eat.
Lotus root raw food, can clear heat and moisten the lungs, cool blood to move silt.
Lotus root cooked to eat, can strengthen the spleen and stomach, stop diarrhea and solid essence.
The elderly often eat lotus root, can be adjusted in the stomach, blood and marrow, tranquility and brain, with the function of prolonging life.
Women eat postpartum, postpartum avoid eating cold, only not avoid lotus root, because it can eliminate silt.
Tuberculosis patients to eat, lotus root has the effect of clearing the lungs and stopping bleeding, tuberculosis patients should eat.
Don't like to eat raw people, you can also stew chicken stew, both nourishing, but also can cure. Especially the lotus root powder, both nutritious and easy to digest, is a good tonic for women, children, the elderly and the weak, often with boiled water after eating, eating for a long time can calm the mind, appetizer, tonic marrow, blood, light body prolonged life.
Lotus root soup can also eliminate oral inflammation. Chopped lotus root with water and soup, gargle 5 to 6 times a day.
Bronchitis, with lotus root juice, lotus root skin also has medicinal effects, so do not have to peel off, the lotus root can be washed to take the juice. Lotus root juice on the morning sputum with blood and hoarse voice at night patients, also has good results.
Lotus root soup can also prevent and control cough, can be skinned lotus root thinly sliced, with diluted caramel together with soup to drink.
In addition, the lotus root part of the crushed juice to drink, can also stop coughing and relieve chest tightness.
Lotus root also has the function of regulating the heart, blood pressure and improving peripheral blood circulation. Used to promote metabolism and prevent skin roughness, 20 grams of lotus root can be washed, peeled, cut into thin slices in boiling water, and then add 1 cup of rice and 2 cups of water, to slow frying, to be cooled with a little salt to eat, if you add the lotus seed effect is better.
The lotus root is not only a gourmet food, but also has the effect of health and disease prevention. Lotus root taste sweet, rich in starch, protein, vitamin C and B1, as well as calcium, phosphorus, iron and other inorganic salts, lotus root meat is easy to digest, suitable for young and old nourishment.