1. Clearing heat and cooling blood: Lotus root is cold in nature, which can clear heat and cool blood, and can be used to treat febrile diseases; Lotus root is sweet and watery, which is especially beneficial to people with fever, thirst, epistaxis, hemoptysis and bleeding.

2. Purging bowels, stopping diarrhea, invigorating spleen and stimulating appetite: Lotus root contains mucin and dietary fiber, which can combine with cholate in human body, cholesterol and triglyceride in food, so that it can be excreted from feces, thus reducing the absorption of lipids. Lotus root exudes a unique fragrance, and also contains tannin, which has certain functions of strengthening spleen and stopping diarrhea, stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, stimulating appetite and strengthening the body, and is beneficial to the recovery of people with poor appetite.

3. Nourishing blood and promoting granulation: Lotus root has high nutritional value, rich in trace elements such as iron and calcium, and rich in plant protein, vitamins and starch, which has obvious effects of invigorating qi and blood and enhancing human immunity. Therefore, Chinese medicine calls it: "the main tonic nourishes the spirit and tonifies the qi."

4. Stop bleeding and dissipate blood stasis: Lotus root contains a lot of tannic acid, which has the effect of contracting blood vessels and can be used to stop bleeding. Lotus root can also cool blood and disperse blood. Chinese medicine believes that it can stop bleeding without leaving blood stasis, and it is a good dietotherapy for febrile diseases.

Extended information

Wax gourd originated in China and East India, and is widely distributed in tropical, subtropical and temperate regions of Asia. China recorded the cultivation from Shen Nong's Classic of Materia Medica in Qin and Han Dynasties, and also recorded the wax gourd in Guangya Shicao written by Zhang Yi in the early 3rd century. In Qi Min Yao Shu, the cultivation and pickling methods of wax gourd are described.

There was a record of wax gourd in India in 16th century, which had spread all over India by 1988. Japan recorded it in the 9th century. Europe began to be cultivated in the 16th century, and in the 19th century, it entered the United States from France. After 197s, it was introduced to Africa from China. By 1988, the cultivation of wax gourd was still mainly in China, Southeast Asia and India.

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