Benefits of Lotus Seed and Euryale Glutinous Rice Porridge

Lotus Seed and Euryale Glutinous Rice Porridge

The effect of lotus seed and glutinous rice porridge

1. Antihypertensive effect. Crystallized lotus seed alkaloids extracted from lotus seed core have a short-term antihypertensive effect. When changed to quaternary ammonium salt, a strong and lasting antihypertensive effect appears. Oxymethyl-liensinine methyl sulfate quaternary ammonium salt has a strong and lasting blocking effect on the vagus ganglion, but it does not cause a lasting antihypertensive effect through the vagus nerve; spinal cat and dog head cross-circulation tests both indicate that its antihypertensive mechanism is mainly peripheral. Non-crystalline alkaloid Nn-9 from lotus seed core has a strong antihypertensive effect. Intravenous injection of 1 to 2 mg/kg in anesthetized cats can reduce the original blood pressure level by about 50% and maintain it for 2 to 3 hours; the blood pressure of dogs recovers in half an hour; and the blood pressure of rabbits does not decrease. It has rapid tolerance. Further experiments have shown that the antihypertensive mechanism of this alkaloid is mainly the release of histamine, which dilates peripheral blood vessels, and is also related to neural factors.

2. Cardiovascular effects: Intravenous injection of 1-2 mg/kg of amorphous alkaloid Nn-9 to anesthetized cats can reduce blood pressure by 50% and maintain for 2-3 hours; the same dose can only last for 30 minutes for dogs; it has no antihypertensive effect on rabbits, and has rapid tolerance to the antihypertensive effect on cats and dogs. The antihypertensive mechanism of Nn-9 is mainly the release of histamine, which causes peripheral vasodilation, and is also related to neural factors. Intravenous injection of 10 mg/kg of lianxin alkaloid to anesthetized cats also has a short-term antihypertensive effect, which recovers in 10-20 minutes; but if it is changed to quaternary ammonium alkaloid, a strong and lasting antihypertensive effect will appear. From the experimental results, crystalline lianxin alkaloid is not the main antihypertensive component, while amorphous alkaloid Nn-9 has a strong antihypertensive effect.

3. Effect on smooth muscle: Demethylcoclamine has a significant smooth muscle relaxant effect.

The effect of lotus seed and glutinous rice porridge

① Treating nocturnal emission: minced chicken head meat, lotus stamen powder, dragon bone (grind separately), black plum meat (roast and grind) 1 liang each. Boil the above ingredients with yam paste to make pills as big as a chicken head. Take one pill each time, with warm wine or salt soup, on an empty stomach. (Yusuo Dan from "Yang's Family Prescription")

②Treatment of incontinence: 2 liang each of Astragalus (fried), Euryale (steamed), and Lotus Stamen, 1 liang each of Dragon Bone (fried with butter), and Oyster (boiled in salt water for one day and one night, calcined into powder). Grind them together, make pills with lotus seed powder paste, and take with salt water. (Jinsuo Gujing Pills in "Yi Fang Jijie")

③Treat turbidity: Gorgon fruit powder, white poria powder. Mix yellow wax with honey and make pills, the size of sycamore seeds. Take 100 pills each time, with salt water. (Zhaiyuan Fang Fenqing Pills)

④ Treating spleen and kidney deficiency heat and chronic dysentery in the elderly and children: 4 liang each of Euryale ferox, yam, Poria cocos, Atractylodes macrocephala, lotus seeds, Coix seeds, and white lentils, and 1 liang of ginseng. Stir-fry and grind into powder, and take with white soup. ("Fangmai Zhengzong")

⑤ Frequent urination and spermatorrhea. Use 2 liang of Qiushi, white Poria, Euryale ferox, and lotus seeds, grind them into powder. Add steamed dates and make them into pills as big as walnuts. Take 30 pills each time, on an empty stomach, with salt water. This recipe is called "Sijing Pills".