Modern pharmacological research shows that lotus leaf contains nuciferine, liensinine and nuciferin, which can lower blood pressure, reduce blood fat and lose weight. The skin of winter melon is cool. Ye Tianshi, a famous doctor in Qing Dynasty, recorded in his book "Materia Medica Rejuvenation" that the skin of winter melon has the effect of "removing skin, removing dampness and chasing wind, tonifying spleen and purging fire".

Dried lotus leaves have a very good laxative effect. For people with constipation, you can often drink more.

The main function of dried wax gourd peel is to remove dampness and diuresis. The term "dampness" in Chinese medicine refers to phlegm dampness, that is, excessive metabolic wastes are accumulated in the body because of gluttony of meat or other sweet and fat foods. That is to say, dried wax gourd peel can well remove oil and various metabolic wastes in the body. Therefore, mixing dried lotus leaves and dried winter melon skin in water has a strong fat-reducing effect, so it can reduce weight and detoxify.

Extended information: Not suitable for people who eat dried lotus leaves and dried winter melon skin.

1, pregnant women can't eat dried lotus leaves and dried winter melon skin. After all, they are three kinds of drugs, and the two drugs also have the effect of losing weight, which has a bad influence on the fetus.

2. Both dried lotus leaves and dried winter melon skin are cold medicines, which are only suitable for people with hot constitution. If you are a person with weak or cold constitution, such as yang deficiency, spleen and stomach deficiency, pregnant women and the elderly, it is best not to eat dried lotus leaves and dried winter melon skin to avoid being injured by the cold gas of these two drugs.

Reference: People's Network-What can I eat for daily blood lipid reduction? Boiling water with lotus leaf and winter melon peel is good for lowering blood fat.