For women, we serve the glutinous rice lotus root. You should be familiar with the practice of this dish, which is to infuse glutinous rice into the middle of the lotus root hole and steam it. Glutinous rice lotus root can play a role in clearing the heart, cooling the blood, nourishing the spleen and stomach. Lotus root is considered a regular guest on people's tables. Song Dynasty Chen Daxuo in the "Ben Xin Zhai sparse recipes" in the praise of the lotus root for the middle of the virtual seven, untainted, not only refreshing, since the heart can be viewed. In fact, lotus root is not only flavorful and refreshing, its nutrition is also very rich. Li Shizhen in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" called the lotus root for the spirit root, can be eaten raw, can also be cooked. However, different methods of consumption, the efficacy is also very different. Lotus root eaten raw can clear heat and moisten the lungs, cool the blood to dissipate blood stasis, eaten cooked can open the stomach and spleen, muscle diarrhea, is a natural tonic for young and old.　　Generally speaking, women are forbidden to eat cold food within one or two months after giving birth, because after giving birth, the mother's own qi and blood loss, if the intake of cold or cold food, will hinder the recovery of qi and blood, and at the same time is not conducive to the discharge of the evil dew and the removal of blood stasis. However, lotus root is a cold food, but because it has the effect of eliminating blood stasis, so the mother can eat lotus root.　　Lotus root also has the effect of clearing the lungs and relieving cough, so patients with tuberculosis should eat more lotus root. There are many ways to consume lotus root, but juicing is the best. Take a section of fresh lotus root, remove the root joints, wash and mash it, then put it into a juicer to make juice, put the juice into the refrigerator to save, then take it out when you take it, and drink it at room temperature. The reason for removing the root nodules is that although they are similar in flavor to lotus root, they are more focused on stopping bleeding. Therefore, women who suffer from leakage and nosebleeds can use the juice of the lotus root to drink, and the effect is good.　　Lotus root is also good at relieving alcohol. There is a description of Simon Qing using lotus root to relieve alcohol in The Golden Lotus Plum. He first peeled off the outer skin of the lotus root, and then put it into a vinegar jar to soak, shaking the jar every two days, and then he could fish it out and eat it a few days later. Simon Qing liked to drink, and every time he drank, he would eat some lotus root soaked in vinegar to relieve alcohol, and he also recommended this method to his drinking friends. This method of production time is a little long, in daily life, if drunk, there is a simpler way, that is, first of all, the lotus root do not peel, squeezed into juice, with the lotus root juice in the ratio of 1:1 into the boiling water, drink two small cups can be. Drinking too much wine will hurt the body, often drunk friends worth a try.　　Lotus root also contains a lot of crude fiber, can accelerate the body of intestinal peristalsis, play the role of defecation, often constipated people should also eat more lotus root.　　Nowadays, children because of the heavy school workload, learning too much pressure, heart fire is more common, you can come to some lotus heart watermelon juice. Lotus heart grinding, watermelon melon scoop into the juicer into the watermelon juice, and then the lotus heart and watermelon juice in the ratio of 1:10 mixed together on it. Lotus heart watermelon juice has the effect of clearing summer heat, clearing the heart and calming the mind. Lotus heart is the greenish germ in the middle of the lotus flesh. Although the flavor is extremely bitter, it has excellent effects of lowering blood pressure and removing fat, clearing the heart and removing fire. According to historical records, Emperor Qianlong always drank a few cups of lotus heart tea made from dewdrops on lotus leaves every time he went to the summer residence to clear the fire and nourish the heart.　　For the elderly the most commonly used is lotus seed. Lotus seed is also known as lotus root, "Compendium of Materia Medica" that the lotus seed enjoys the fragrance of the gas, get the flavor of the harvest, is the fruit of the spleen. Chinese medicine often say, the human body's spleen and stomach is the foundation of the latter, but with age, the spleen and stomach will slowly weaken, and lotus seed is to support the spleen and stomach, so lotus seed is no better. Summer is not only summer heat, dampness is also more serious, and barley has the role of dampness, then may wish to come to a lotus seed barley porridge, the elderly not only to relieve the summer heat, but also can nourish the spleen and stomach, in addition to dampness. Lotus barley porridge practice is: take 30 grams of lotus seeds, 50 grams of barley; barley washed, soaked in cold water for 3 hours, add 1000 milliliters of cold water in the pot, put the barley, with a high fire to boil, and then add the lotus seeds simmering together until cooked through. It can be used with weak spleen and stomach, summer fever.