The functions of lotus leaves are: lotus leaves are medicine and food, lotus leaves are bitter and astringent, flat, to the liver, spleen, stomach, heart meridian. It has the effect of clearing summer heat and dampness, elevating Qing Yang, cooling blood and stopping bleeding.

The Compendium of Materia Medica says that "the lotus leaf is served to make people lose weight", which can be seen that it has a weight loss, lipid-lowering effect, which has been confirmed in animal experiments and clinics.

The role of winter melon skin: winter melon skin is cool in nature, and has the effect of clearing heat. Winter melon contains malonic acid, can prevent the accumulation of fat, fat loss, bodybuilding effect. From the point of view of Chinese medicine, winter melon has the effect of water, heat, phlegm, thirst and so on.

Winter melon is the only kind of fat-free vegetables, its sodium content is also much lower than the average vegetables, containing minerals and vitamins on the need to limit the sodium of kidney disease, hypertension, edema patients are very beneficial.

Expanded Information:

Lotus leaf with winter melon skin, from the Chinese medicine point of view has the spleen and diuresis, ascension of the role of the Qingyang, from the point of view of modern medicine that has the regulation of blood lipids, antihypertensive, antioxidant and so on, for the obesity, hyperlipidemic people, is a very good dietary remedies.

The weight loss principle of the lotus leaf: China since ancient times, the lotus leaf as a good medicine for slimming. Because the roots, (lotus root) and leaves of the lotus have the effect of simple diuretic and laxative. Lotus leaf for perennial aquatic herbs lotus leaves. Its chemical composition mainly has lotus leaf alkali, citric acid, malic acid, gluconic acid, oxalic acid, succinic acid and other anti-mitotic effect of alkaline components.

The lotus leaf tea contains a variety of effective lipid alkaloids in lotus leaf tea, which can effectively break down the body fat, and strongly discharged from the body. Lotus leaf alkaloids can strongly and densely cover the intestinal wall of the human body, forming a layer of fat isolation membrane, blocking fat absorption and preventing the accumulation of fat. It can improve the greasy eating habits, which has a strong grease rejection effect thus gradually producing an aversion to meat and greasy food.

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