1, wax gourd can clear heat and detoxify, and wax gourd has the effect of losing weight and beautifying. Cassia seed can clear liver and tonify kidney, improve eyesight, induce diuresis and relieve constipation. Watermelon peel has obvious diuretic effect. Boiling it in water can help to eliminate edema and prevent skin pigmentation, beauty beauty.

2, "Compendium of Materia Medica" said: Wax gourd "cold diarrhea heat, sweet spleen, facilitate defecation, eliminate edema, quench thirst, dissipate heat and detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve pain". Wax gourd is all used as medicine, and its skin, meat and kernel can be used as medicine. Wax gourd can prevent silicosis; Wax gourd has prolactin effect on parturient. But people with kidney deficiency still try to eat less melons.

3. Chinese medicine believes that lotus leaf tastes bitter and flat, and belongs to liver, spleen, stomach and heart meridian. Has the effects of clearing away summer heat, promoting diuresis, promoting hair growth, clearing yang, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. The modern research results of traditional Chinese medicine show that lotus leaf has the function of reducing blood fat. Lotus leaf alkaloids have the function of reducing blood lipid and are often used to treat obesity in clinic.

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Side effects of lotus leaf winter melon tea: it is not suitable for excessive drinking. The normal drinking water of human body is 2500 ml to 3000 ml. If you drink too much wax gourd lotus leaf tea after meals every day, it will dilute the gastric juice, make digestion difficult, and be accompanied by the side effect of bloating and discomfort. In addition, women during menstruation and pregnancy should not drink it. There are also side effects of lotus leaf tea:

1, individual lotus leaf tea products may be unclean and contain impurities: this phenomenon is due to a large number of lotus leaves picked in some places, resulting in extremely dirty lotus leaves. Some pharmacies and supermarkets are like this kind of lotus leaf, and people will feel sick after drinking this kind of lotus leaf tea, and it is very disgusting.

2. Lotus leaf tea may contain pesticides: 98% of lotus leaf tea comes from the south, and the lotus leaf planting area in the south is very huge. People usually spray pesticides to prevent pests. Therefore, individual lotus leaf teas may contain pesticide residues.

3. Lotus leaf tea may contain chemical fertilizer: Lotus leaf tea in the south is often sprayed with chemical fertilizer to increase yield. This lotus leaf tea containing chemical fertilizer naturally has no effect of losing weight. Drinking too much is not good for people.

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