Lotus root is commonly known as lotus vegetable, lotus root, lotus gourd, jade joints, is the underground stem of the lotus, the shape of the fat and knobbly, with small tubular holes inside. Lotus root nutritional value and medicinal value are very high, and the taste of sweet and crisp, smooth in the mouth, is an unparalleled slimming vegetables.
China and India are the home of lotus root. China has more than 3,000 years of lotus root cultivation history, rich varieties, according to the different organs and uses of its products, can be divided into three types of lotus root lotus, sub-lotus and flower lotus. Lotus root lotus to fat rhizome for food, white skin, tender meat, sweet taste, less flowering, fewer seeds, we often eat as a vegetable is this type of species; child lotus to harvest lotus seeds for food, rhizome thin; flower lotus for ornamental purposes.
Nutritional value of the lotus root is rich in vitamin C (40 to 50 mg per 100 grams), and polyphenolic compounds, peroxidase, can be the body's "garbage" clean clean. Lotus root is relatively rich in high-quality protein (about 2%), its amino acid composition is close to the human body needs, high biological value.
In addition, lotus root is also rich in dietary fiber (about 2%), rich in calcium and phosphorus (calcium 89 mg, phosphorus 285 mg).
Functional effects
1. According to Tao Hongjing's "Record of Famous Medical Doctors" of Liang, Southern Dynasty, raw lotus root is cold in nature and can produce fluids and cool the blood; cooked lotus root is warm in nature and can replenish the spleen and benefit the blood. Lotus root is regarded as the best among the blood-stopping medicines by ancient medics. Fresh lotus root juice with boiling water, can prevent and control acute gastroenteritis. If the nose bleeds, the fresh lotus root juice directly drinking can stop bleeding.
2. In the root food, lotus root contains high iron content, it is quite suitable for patients with iron deficiency anemia.
3. Lotus root sugar content is not very high, and contains a lot of vitamin C and dietary fiber, for liver disease, constipation, diabetes and other weaknesses of all people are very beneficial.
4. Lotus root is also rich in tannic acid, with vasoconstriction and hemostatic effect, for the bruises, vomiting blood, epistaxis, blood in urine, blood in the stools, and women in labor, leukemia is extremely suitable.
5. Lotus root can also reduce summer heat, is a good summer food.
6. Cooked lotus root is cool and warm, tonifying the heart and blood, invigorating the spleen and stomach, nourishing and strong; boiled in soup can facilitate urination, clearing heat and moistening the lungs; and there is a "blood without breaking the blood, stopping bleeding without stagnation of the blood" medicinal characteristics.