Eat lotus root raw ripe have exquisite

Source: health news

Ningweixia wang aiqin, deputy chief physician of chengdu second people's hospital

After a lot of people experienced summer to use up, begin to consider to adjust filling body now. However, if eat a lot of meat food immediately, not only can aggravate gastrointestinal burden, and because autumn dryness gas advocate makes, still can have change heat to aid dryness worry. Actually, folk has a kind of food that also vegetable also fruit, can fill a body already, can embalm again dry, it is "ooze and do not catch" water hibiscus -- lotus root.

Lotus root contains a variety of nutrients, the most important of which is carbohydrate, protein and vitamin C. As the saying goes, lotus root is the best tonic for one's health. As the saying goes, male does not leave leek, female does not leave lotus root, the woman eats lotus root to be able to raise energy to fill qi more. During the reign of emperor xianfeng in qing dynasty, lotus root was once designated as an imperial food tribute.

Lotus root is not only a good vegetable, but also a good medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lotus root is sweet, non-toxic, raw is cool, cooked is warm. According to the book of herbs and classics, the raw person can cool blood and disperse blood stasis, remove heat and clear stomach to relieve thirst, prevent vomiting, epistaxis, treat golden sores, treat cholera and relieve alcohol. Familiar sweet temperature, can strengthen the spleen appetizer, blood tonic heart, digestion, stop diarrhea, muscle, long service makes people happy to stop anger.

Lotus root food therapy method is very much, introduce a few commonly used food therapy prescription below.

Weak qi and blood: 250 grams of lotus root, 300 grams of pork spine, stew cooked food, eat every three days, 2~4 times can be effective.

Aged body deficiency, loss of appetite: 100 grams of fresh lotus root, washed and cut into thin slices, and 100 grams of japonica rice porridge, cooked with sugar seasoning after eating.

Anaemia, malnutrition: 500 grams of lotus root, wash and cut into small pieces, 30 grams of red beans, 5 red dates, 3 pieces of ginger, add water into the pot, boil, simmer for 1 hour, seasoning table.

Cough of lung heat, pharynx is dry sore throat: lotus root, pear are equal in amount, chop after washing pound juice drink.

Heat sheng injury jin, dry mouth, thirst more than: glutinous rice porridge 100 grams, nearly cooked into pieces of fresh lotus root 50 grams, with a little sugar table, once a day to eat.

Acute gastroenteritis: fresh tender lotus root 1500 grams, mash to get juice, divided into two times with boiling water.

Frequency of urine, blood, urinary tract infection: fresh lotus root, grapes of the same amount, mash juice every 10 ml, twice a day.

Postpartum milk shortage: 500 grams of fresh lotus root mash juice, heated drinking.

Postpartum bleeding: fresh lotus root juice, each time 2 spoons, 3 times a day.

Postpartum lochia discharge is not free or amenorrhea: 250 grams of lotus root, wash and cut into small pieces, 12 grams of peach seeds, into the pot (avoid using an iron pot) add the right amount of water to boil the soup, cooked with a little salt seasoning to eat.