1, the benefits of soaking dried lotus leaves in water
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the stomach is bitter and flat. After taking it, it has a good health care effect on liver, spleen, stomach and heart meridian. It has the effects of cooling blood, stopping bleeding, clearing summer heat and promoting diuresis. It is very suitable for taking in summer to prevent heatstroke. In addition, soaking lotus leaves in water also has a good effect of decomposing fat and diuresis, and also has a good therapeutic effect on constipation. If some middle-aged and elderly friends want to lose weight or stay slim, then choosing lotus leaf brewing can play a very good role.
Modern research has found that lotus leaf has a good hypolipidemic effect, and the course of treatment is about 20 days, which can effectively reduce the cholesterol content in the body, so it is often used to treat obesity in clinical medicine.
There is an alkali in the lotus leaf, which has the effects of calming the liver and purging fire, clearing the heart and purging fire and reducing lung fire. It is a common and effective top grade of clearing fire and relieving fever in all tea leaves.
Note that dried lotus leaves cannot be brewed directly with boiling water, because the medicinal properties are very cold at this time, which is harmful to the body after taking it. If you want to be good for your health, you'd better mix it with other Chinese herbal medicines to neutralize the coldness of lotus leaves, so as to protect your body and lose weight. Therefore, in daily life, you must not be smart enough to brew lotus leaves alone, which is very harmful to your health.
2. Lotus leaf Chenpi tea
Composition:
Dried lotus leaves and dried tangerine peel are suitable.
Usage:
Use lotus leaf 15-30g and tangerine peel 10-20g each time, and boil water15-30min to make the tea color and tangerine peel fragrant. Can be brewed for many times until the dried tangerine peel is tasteless, and can be taken continuously for 1-2 months.
Efficacy:
The main function is to eliminate phlegm and dampness, and it also plays an auxiliary role in losing weight.
3. Dry lotus leaves should not be soaked in water.
1, lotus leaf is cold, so the brewed lotus leaf tea is also cool. It is suggested that women should not take it during menstruation to avoid irregular menstruation and even aggravate dysmenorrhea.
2, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold are not recommended to soak the lotus leaf with water, and other patients with weak qi and blood should also take it with caution to avoid getting weaker and weaker;
3. Soak lotus leaves with clear water every day and pay attention to the right amount. Eating too much, not only can not protect the body, but will affect the body.
4, lotus leaf soaking water must be reasonable, can not be brewed with other Chinese herbal medicines at will, otherwise it will easily affect your health. Therefore, regular lotus leaf tea will not produce side effects as long as the formula is reasonable, so you must choose the products of regular manufacturers when choosing.
5. Soak the lotus leaf in water to drink. If you choose dried lotus leaves, it is best to choose those dried lotus leaves that have been sun-dried, rather than dried lotus leaves, because drying them in the sun is more prone to mildew and deterioration, and it is easy to cause harm to the body after taking them.
6. Women are in a special stage during pregnancy. At this time, it is best not to soak the lotus leaves in water. Because the lotus leaf is cold, it is easy to affect the health of pregnant women and fetal development after taking it, and even abortion may occur.
7. Don't take lotus leaves immediately after soaking in water. It is recommended to take it after cooling, which is the greatest benefit to the body. In addition, it is best to take it half an hour before meals, so that the weight loss effect is the best without affecting the body's digestion of food.
4. Health care effect
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lotus leaves are sweet and cold, enter the spleen and stomach meridians, and have the functions of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, calming the liver and lowering blood fat. Suitable for summer heat, polydipsia, dry mouth, short and yellow urine, dizziness, blushing, hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Pharmacological research shows that lotus leaf contains nuciferine, liensinine and lotus leaf back, which has the functions of lowering blood pressure, reducing blood fat and losing weight. Lotus leaves are delicious and fragrant. Human medicine can regulate spleen and promote blood circulation, dispel summer heat and relieve fever, and treat body pain and diarrhea due to spleen dampness. In recent years, medical analysis has found that lotus leaves are rich in trace elements and vitamins. Pollen contains a large number of β carotene, vitamins, nucleic acids and essential enzymes (such as glucose hydrogenase and adenosine dehydrogenase), which play an important role in human metabolism, regulating circulatory system and endocrine.
5. Procurement and storage
(1) Optional
It is best to have large, intact, green leaves without spots.
(2) storage
Place it in a ventilated and dry place to prevent surnames.
(3) diet should be taboo
Anyone who has excessive pathogenic factors in the upper energizer should be treated by clearing away the pathogenic factors, and must not be used.
(4) Special tips
Fresh, tender and green lotus leaves are slightly scalded with boiling water and then cooled with cold water. They are used to wrap chicken and meat and steam them. They have a special shape and unique flavor, and belong to the first-class delicacies.
6. The efficacy of lotus leaf tea
First: treat diarrhea.
In summer and autumn, due to the humid climate, if you don't pay more attention to your diet, it's easy to vomit and diarrhea, and the feces are yellow in color, but the smell is even worse. At this time, if you want to restore health, you can take lotus leaves and soak them in water, which can play a very good role in stopping diarrhea and subsidizing the spleen and stomach. The body can also clear away heat and relieve summer heat, diuretic, and diarrhea will naturally disappear. In addition to directly brewing with boiling water, you can also stew and fry the lotus leaves into ashes, then grind them into powder and take them with white sugar three times a day, and you will soon recover.
Second: treat edema.
No matter what causes edema on the face and decreased urine output, taking lotus leaves can be a good relief. You can dry the withered lotus leaves and grind them into powder, and then take out an appropriate amount of millet soup three times a day, and the edema will soon be reduced.
Third: treat yellow sores.
Huangshuichuang is an infectious skin disease, and it is stubborn and difficult to eradicate. China's classic Chinese medicine records that lotus leaves can be burnt into charcoal, then ground into powder, stirred with sesame oil, and then applied to the parts suffering from this skin disease twice a day, which has a very magical effect and can quickly restore health.
Fourth: lacquer sore
The so-called lacquer sore is actually allergic dermatitis caused by skin allergy to paint. If you want to treat this disease, you can also use the role of lotus leaves. Dry the lotus leaves in the sun, then brew or decoct them with boiling water, and then scrub the affected area twice a day, and you will recover in a few days.
Fifth: reduce blood lipids.
Modern research has found that lotus leaf has the function of lowering blood fat. Lotus leaf tastes bitter and flat. After taking it, it has a good health care effect on liver, spleen, stomach and heart. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the function of cooling blood and stopping bleeding, and is very suitable for patients with hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
Sixth: diuretic and laxative
Lotus leaf has a good diuretic effect, the most direct performance is that the number of times to go to the toilet after taking lotus leaf tea has increased significantly. Not only has the urine volume increased, but the stool has also become smoother. If you defecate once a day, the number of times you go to the toilet after taking lotus leaf tea will increase, mainly two or three times a day.
7, lotus leaf taboo
People with qi deficiency and spleen and stomach weakness should not eat lotus leaves.