First: Treatment of Diarrhea
In summer and autumn, due to the humid climate, vomiting and diarrhea can easily occur if you don’t pay more attention to your diet. , and the color of the feces is yellow, but the smell is more unpleasant. If you want to restore your body to health at this time, you can take lotus leaves soaked in water and drink it, which can effectively stop diarrhea and supplement the spleen and stomach. It can also clear away heat and dampness in the body, and diarrhea will naturally disappear. In addition to directly brewing it with boiling water, you can also stew the lotus leaves into ash, grind them into powder, and drink it with sugar. Take it three times a day and you will be able to recover quickly.
Second: Treat edema
No matter what the cause is, the swelling on the face and the reduction of urine volume can be well relieved by taking lotus leaves. You can burn the withered lotus leaves to dryness and grind them into powder. Then take an appropriate amount each time and drink it with millet soup three times a day. The edema will soon subside.
Third: Treatment of water sores
Many people may not know much about water sores. It is a contagious skin disease that cannot be eradicated and grows slowly. stubborn.
According to traditional Chinese medicine in my country, burn lotus leaves into charcoal, grind it into powder, stir it with sesame oil, and apply it on the sores of patients with yellow water sores. Apply it twice a day. It has special magical properties. role.
Fourth: Paint Sore
The so-called paint sore actually refers to a type of allergic dermatitis caused by the skin being allergic to paint. If you want to treat this disease, you can also You can take advantage of lotus leaves. Dry the lotus leaves in the sun, then brew or boil them with boiling water, then scrub the affected area twice a day, and you will be back to health in a few days.
Fifth: Reduce blood lipids
Many patients with high blood lipids often take various drugs, but their blood lipids still do not drop. However, traditional Chinese medicine believes that lotus leaves have the effect of lowering blood lipids. Now medical research has confirmed this view. Because lotus leaves are bitter and neutral in nature, they have a very good health care effect on the liver, spleen and stomach after taking them. In addition, lotus leaves also have the effect of cooling blood and stopping bleeding. It is especially suitable for people with high blood pressure and high blood lipids.
Sixth: Diuretic and laxative
Lotus leaf has a good diuretic effect. The most direct manifestation is that the number of trips to the toilet increases significantly after taking lotus leaf tea.
Not only did the amount of urine increase, but the stool also became smoother. If you usually have a bowel movement once a day, the number of times you go to the toilet will increase after taking lotus leaf tea, mainly two or three times a day.
Side effects of lotus leaves
1. The lotus leaves should be consumed in powder form. Those with deficiency should avoid lotus leaves.
2. Lotus leaf tung oil, Poria cocos and silver.
3. Lotus leaves are cold in nature and taste, which can damage the spleen and stomach. A little cold must be added to soften the cold nature.
4. For those with excessive Shangjiao evil that should be treated by clearing and descending, lotus leaves must not be used.