Although lotus root starch is good, some people can't eat it. Patients with low digestive function of spleen and stomach and gastric and duodenal ulcer should not eat lotus root starch, otherwise it will aggravate the condition; Pregnant women and women with dysmenorrhea can't eat lotus root starch, because its properties are too cold, which is not conducive to abortion and will aggravate the symptoms of dysmenorrhea.
It can be eaten by ordinary people, especially the elderly, women, children and the infirm. It is especially suitable for patients with high fever, hematemesis, hypertension, liver disease, anorexia, iron deficiency anemia and malnutrition.
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Main efficacy
food therapy
Lotus root is sweet, flat and raw, which can cure heat thirst, remove blood stasis and promote granulation; Cooked lotus root is warm and sweet, beneficial to the stomach and spleen, nourishing blood and tonifying, and stopping diarrhea; Indications: cough due to lung heat, dysphoria and thirst, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, loss of appetite and various blood diseases.
1. Clearing heat and cooling blood: Lotus root is cold, which has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood and can be used to treat fever; Lotus root is sweet and light, which is especially beneficial to people with fever, thirst, epistaxis and hemoptysis.
2. Purging bowels and stopping diarrhea, invigorating spleen and appetizing: Lotus root contains mucin and dietary fiber, which can be combined with cholate in human body, cholesterol and triglyceride in food, so that it can be discharged from feces, thereby reducing the absorption of lipids. Lotus root gives off a unique fragrance, and also contains tannin, which has certain functions of invigorating spleen, stopping diarrhea, stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, stimulating appetite and strengthening the body, and is beneficial to the recovery of people with poor appetite.
3. Benefiting blood and promoting granulation: Lotus root has high nutritional value, is rich in trace elements such as iron and calcium, and is rich in plant protein, vitamins and starch, which has obvious functions of invigorating qi and blood and enhancing human immunity. Therefore, Chinese medicine calls it: "the main tonic, qi";
4. Hemostasis and 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. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it can stop bleeding without leaving blood stasis, which is a good diet for fever.
dietotherapy
1, boiled lotus root starch with white sugar
30-50g of lotus root starch is used each time, and appropriate amount of white sugar is boiled with water to form a thick paste. It can promote fluid production to quench thirst, clear away heat and vexation, and sober up.
2, tremella lotus root starch soup
25g tremella, lotus root starch 10g, and proper amount of rock sugar. Soak tremella, add appropriate amount of rock sugar to stew, and then eat with lotus root starch.
Efficacy: It can prevent hysteromyoma and has the effects of clearing away heat, moistening dryness and stopping bleeding. Suitable for people with more menstrual flow and more red blood.
3, lotus root starch porridge can moisten hair and beauty
[Composition] 25g of lotus root starch, 25g of white rice (or cereal) and appropriate amount of sugar. 【 Method and Usage 】 Cook the rice as usual, mix the cooked rice with lotus root starch, and add sugar to eat. Or cook oatmeal several times, that is, beat the lotus root starch evenly, add sugar and eat it in the morning. 【 Efficacy and Application 】 It can strengthen essence and qi, blacken hair and beard, moisten skin and nourish heart and spleen, and can be used as an auxiliary food for insomnia, dreaminess, anxiety and thirst, and mental fatigue caused by deficiency of both heart and spleen. Note: Cold lotus root can cure bleeding, yellowing, bifurcation and other symptoms, and is also beneficial to the beauty of stomach, heart and yin and calming the nerves.
4. Apple lotus root starch
Ingredients: lotus root starch 200g, apple 300g.
Method: Mix lotus root starch and water evenly, and cut the apple into fine powder. Put the lotus root starch into the pot and cook it on low heat. When it is transparent, add apple powder and cook it a little.
Edible: As a snack, the dosage is voluntary.
Efficacy: spleen and appetite, qi and blood; Has therapeutic effect on anemia and chronic gastritis.
5, homemade lotus root starch porridge
Raw materials: raisins, cooked sesame seeds, hawthorn, peanuts, etc.
Methods: First, lotus root starch was washed with 95% boiling water.
Then add the prepared raisins into the lotus root starch and stir slowly.
Advantages: Lotus root starch tastes better.
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