1. Clearing heat and cooling blood: Lotus root is cold in nature, which has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood and can be used to treat febrile diseases; Lotus root is sweet and watery, which is especially beneficial to people with fever, thirst, epistaxis, hemoptysis and bleeding.

2. Purging bowels and stopping diarrhea, invigorating spleen and appetizing: Lotus root contains mucin and dietary fiber, which can be combined with cholate in human body, cholesterol and triglyceride in food, so that it can be discharged from feces, thereby reducing the absorption of lipids. Lotus root exudes a unique fragrance, and also contains tannin, which has certain functions of strengthening spleen and stopping diarrhea, stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, stimulating appetite and strengthening the body, and is beneficial to the recovery of people with poor appetite.

3. Benefiting blood and promoting granulation: Lotus root has high nutritional value, rich in trace elements such as iron and calcium, and rich in plant protein, vitamins and starch, which has obvious effects of invigorating qi and blood and enhancing human immunity. Therefore, Chinese medicine calls it: "the main tonic nourishes the spirit and tonifies the qi";

4. Stop bleeding and dissipate blood stasis: Lotus root contains a lot of tannic acid, which has the effect of contracting blood vessels and can be used to stop bleeding. Lotus root can also cool blood and disperse blood. Chinese medicine believes that it can stop bleeding without leaving blood stasis, and it is a good dietotherapy for febrile diseases.

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