The lotus root contains starch, protein, asparagine, vitamin C, as well as oxidative enzyme components, the sugar content is also very high, eaten raw, fresh lotus root can clear the heat to relieve the annoyance, quench the thirst for nausea; such as fresh lotus root juice, its effect is even more, cooked lotus root sweet and warm in nature, can strengthen the spleen and open the stomach, the blood to replenish the heart, the main complement to the five viscera, with the elimination of food, quenching the thirst for food, the efficacy of the muscle.

Nutritional content:

Moisture 77.9 grams, protein 1.0 grams, fat 0.1 grams, carbohydrates 19.8 grams, calories 84 kcal, 0.5 grams of crude fiber, ash 0.7 grams, calcium 19 mg, phosphorus 51 mg, iron 0.5 mg, 0.02 milligrams of carotene, 0.11 milligrams of thiamine, 0.04 milligrams of riboflavin, 0.4 milligrams of ascorbic acid. 0.4 mg, ascorbic acid 25 mg.

[Sexual flavor] According to traditional Chinese medicine, raw lotus root is sweet, cold and non-toxic. Cooked lotus root is sweet, warm, also non-toxic.

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The health of delicious children - lotus root

After the autumn, the fresh lotus root has become one of the necessary dishes of the people's family feast. Lotus root is called lotus root, people in the north are mostly used to do dishes, so called lotus root dishes or lotus dishes; the south is generally called lotus root, fruit and vegetables are also used.

The lotus root is born in the sludge and spotless, straight outside, no branches, since ancient times has been loved by the people. Lotus root is divided into safflower lotus root, white lotus root and twisted lotus root three kinds. Safflower lotus root, lotus root shape, long and thin, tawny, rough skin, containing more powder, less water, not crispy; white lotus root fat, tender and smooth appearance, silver-white, crispy and juicy meat, sweet flavor; twisted lotus root is pink, rough appearance, containing more starch.

China's famous lotus products around the lotus root in Suzhou, excellent quality, in the Tang Dynasty as tribute. Its lotus root has ″ snow lotus root ″ said, color white as snow, tender and crisp sweet, eaten raw and duck pear comparable to the poet Han Yu had ″ cold than frost and snow sweet than honey, a piece of the entrance of the disease healed ″ of praise. Hunan Province, Hanshou County, West Zhu Township, the white arm of the lotus root white as jade, strong as arm, juice such as honey, eat up tender crunchy, watery, melt in the mouth, eat and no residue. Guangxi Guixian big red lotus root, body stems thick, raw especially sweet, cooked especially sheep. It is said that when Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty traveled to the south of the Yangtze River, he named Guixian big red lotus root to taste. Nowadays, local people still like to set up ″whole lotus seat″ to entertain guests. The lotus root of Honghu Lake in Hubei Province is rich in starch, protein, vitamins and other ingredients, delicious and refreshing, has long been famous in China and abroad, known as ″The Treasure of the Water″. Hangzhou people are respected West Lake lotus root, because it is white and tender as a girl's arm, called ″Xi Shi arm ". In addition, the famous lotus root is also Anhui Province, Xuehu Tribute Lotus Root, Jiangsu Province, Baoying's beauty red, Nanjing's large white flowers.

The lotus root contains a variety of nutrients and asparagine, protein amino acids, fenugreek alkaloids, dry cool acid, sucrose, glucose and so on. Fresh lotus root contains 20% of sugar substances and rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron and a variety of vitamins. Fresh lotus root can be used as a stand-alone dish or as an ingredient in other dishes. Such as lotus root meatballs, lotus root sausage, shrimp lotus root dumplings, fried crispy lotus root, fried lotus root crab, simmering stewed lotus root soup, fresh lotus root stewed pork ribs, cold lotus root slices and so on, are wine and rice, popular home cooking.

The lotus root can also be made into lotus root juice, lotus root honey juice, lotus root ginger juice, lotus root grape juice, lotus root pear juice and other cool drinks.

The lotus root can also be processed into lotus root powder, candied fruit and sugar, is a good tonic for the old, young, women and children and the sick.

The lotus root also has medicinal value, raw food can clear heat and moisten the lungs, cool blood stasis; cooked can be eaten to strengthen the spleen and stomach, diarrhea and solid essence. The elderly often eat lotus root, you can adjust the stomach, blood and marrow, tranquility and brain, with the effect of prolonging life.

Autumn season, it is fresh lotus root should be marketed. Fresh lotus root in addition to containing a large number of carbohydrates, protein and a variety of vitamins and minerals are also very rich.

The Chinese medicine believes that the raw lotus root is cold, sweet and cool into the stomach, can eliminate blood stasis and cool blood, clearing the annoyance of heat, stop vomiting and thirst. Apply to thirst, drunkenness, coughing up blood, vomiting blood and other diseases. Women avoid eating cold after childbirth, but not to avoid the lotus root, is because the lotus root has a very good role in eliminating blood stasis, so the folk have "new picking tender lotus root wins too doctor" said. Cooked lotus root, the nature of its cool to warm, there are nourishing the stomach and nourish yin, spleen and qi effect, is a good dietary supplements. And made of lotus root processing powder, both nutritious, and easy to digest, have nourished the blood to stop bleeding, regulating the effect of stomach.

In the usual consumption of lotus root, people tend to remove the lotus root without, in fact, lotus root is a famous medicine to stop bleeding, its taste sweet, astringent, flat, rich in tannin, asparagine, specializing in a variety of hemorrhage, such as vomiting blood, coughing blood, blood in urine, blood in the stool, uterine hemorrhage and other diseases. Folk commonly used lotus root six or seven, crushed with the right amount of brown sugar decoction, for bleeding, the efficacy is very good.

The lotus root belongs to the water lily family, there are two varieties of it, that is, seven holes of lotus root and nine holes of lotus root. Lotus root is warm in nature, rich in tannic acid, with astringent and vasoconstrictive function. Eating fresh lotus root in raw form or squeezing the juice for drinking can play an auxiliary therapeutic role for patients with coughing up blood, urinating blood and so on. Lotus root is also rich in dietary fiber, on the treatment of constipation, promote the discharge of harmful substances, very useful.

Fresh lotus root washed and cut into shreds, squeezed juice with gauze, boiled a little cool and warm drink, is cool blood, blood, spleen and stomach drink; lotus root juice has a moisturizing lungs, sedative function, the best children's exams to drink the lotus root juice, morning and evening, 100 ml each; in the juice of the lotus root with a bit of salt to drink, the eye congestion has a therapeutic effect; 10 slices of raw lotus root decoction, can treat coughing up blood; 500 grams of raw lotus root skin pounding juice with sugar 100 grams, stirred into the juice, anytime boiled water, the treatment of blood, the blood of urine and other patients can assist in the treatment of the effect of the blood of coughing; 500 grams of raw lotus root skin mashed juice plus sugar 100 g, stirring into juice

In addition, the lotus root can be eaten raw or with seasonings cold, its flavor tender and crisp and refreshing. Or cut into shreds with green pepper, shredded meat and other fried, the flavor is delicious. Can also be cut into pieces and pig small ribs to cook soup, can be described as a delicious meal.

Contraindications:

The first, pregnant women can not eat too much lotus root;

The second, the spleen and stomach digestion is not good people can not eat lotus root.