The whole plant with flowers of the Asteraceae plant, Mianou Snowdrop, Dabao Snowdrop, and Jellyfish Snowdrop, etc. It is harvested when it blossoms between June and July, and the whole plant is plucked up, removed from the mud and sand, and left to dry.

The Tibetan people will be divided into male and female snowdrops, it is said that the female can be eaten raw, with a sweet flavor, the male with a bitter taste. And plant taxonomy of the snow lotus is divided into snow lotus subgenus and snow rabbit subgenus two categories. Tibet produces 13 species of snow lotus subgenus, 17 species of snow rabbit subgenus, *** count 30 species.

Snow lotus in addition to China's Tibet, in China's Xinjiang, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan also has distribution. Folk around the snow lotus flower whole herb into medicine, the main treatment of snow, toothache, rheumatoid arthritis, impotence, menstrual disorders, red crash, leucorrhoea and other diseases. Indian folk also snowdrops to treat many chronic disease patients. Such as stomach ulcers, hemorrhoids, bronchitis, heart disease, nosebleeds and snake bites. In Tibetan medicine Tibetan medicine snow lotus as medicine has a long history. Tibetan medical literature "month king medicine treasure" and "four medical codex" are recorded.

Effects and functions of snow lotus

Warming the kidney and yang; regulating menstruation and stopping bleeding. Main impotence; lumbar and knee soreness and weakness; women's children with lower back, menstrual disorders; rheumatism and paralysis; traumatic bleeding.

Nutritional value of snowdrops

Snowdrops have physiologically active active ingredients. One of the umbelliferolide has obvious antibacterial, antihypertensive sedative, antispasmodic effect; scopolamine has expectorant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, expectorant and antitumor effect, clinically han therapeutic wheezing acute chronic bronchitis effective rate of 96.6% apigenin has smooth muscle antispasmodic and anti-gastric ulcer effect; on antelope phenyl ketone has obvious choleretic effect. Special interest is the snowdrops contained in colchicine, the component is a typical representative of cell mitosis, can inhibit the growth of cancer cells, clinically used in the treatment of cancer, especially breast cancer has a certain effect, skin cancer, leukemia and Hodgkin's disease also has a certain effect. It has a special effect on acute gout attacks, reducing inflammation and rapidly relieving pain within 12-24 hours, and reducing the number of attacks with long-term use.

Dietary therapy

Snow lotus chicken casserole

Join the ingredients: snow lotus, chicken, onion, ginger, salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, refined oil.

Ebony chicken has the effect of nourishing yin and reducing heat, tonifying the liver and kidney, ginger can warm the stomach and drive away cold, warm and stop vomiting. Together with the effect of snow lotus to tonify the kidney and yang, regulate menstruation and blood, this diet can regulate the stomach and intestines, balance the endocrine system, and strengthen the tendons and tonify the kidneys (pregnant women should not consume)

Snow lotus pigeon casserole

Join the ingredients: snow lotus, wolfberry, Cistanchis, Chinese yam, pigeon, a green onion, ginger, a little cooking wine, salt, soy sauce in moderation.

The wolfberry nourishes the kidneys and moistens the lungs, the cistanchiak fills the kidney, the yam nourishes the spleen and the stomach, generates fluids and benefits the lungs, and nourishes the kidneys and astringes the essence. This diet has the effect of nourishing the kidney and astringent essence, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, and anti-aging. (Note that pregnant women can not eat)

Snow lotus turtle soup

Join the ingredients: snow lotus, turtle, onion and ginger, salt monosodium glutamate.

Turtle can nourish yin and cool the blood, tonifying the kidney and bone, this diet has nourishing yin and yang, and promote the production of fluids and qi, is more suitable for men to tonify the kidney and yang. (Note that pregnant women and abdominal fullness anorexia, loose stools, spleen and stomach cold people should not eat.

Beauty method

With cucumber juice, aloe vera juice, raw eggs and honey and snowdrops made into a compress. It has the effect of accelerating the metabolism of the skin, reducing wrinkles, keeping the skin glossy and plump, and delaying aging. It can also make chloasma fade.

Snow lotus and wolfberry tea

Ingredients: snow lotus 5g, wolfberry 4g, safflower 2g.

Method: with boiled water or boiling water decoction can be, twice a day.

Effects: Promote blood circulation and regulate menstruation, nourish yin and tonify the kidney, mainly used for women's menstrual disorders, dysmenorrhea, cold pain in the abdomen.