Nutritional value and edible effects of lotus seeds

Everyone knows that lotus seeds are delicious fruits, but do you know the functions and effects of lotus seeds? Let me introduce them to you.

Lotus seeds

It is also known as lotus treasure, lotus rice, lotus root fruit, water ganoderma, Danze ganoderma, lotus seed, and water hat.

Lotus seeds are the mature seeds of the lotus plant of the Nymphaeaceae family. They are a common tonic with good nourishing effects. Most families have made rock sugar lotus seed soup, white fungus lotus seed soup, or used them to make eight-treasure porridge. The ancients believed that regular consumption of lotus seeds can cure all diseases, because it "enjoys the fragrance of the air, has the taste of harvest, and is the fruit of the spleen."

When the fruits are ripe in autumn, the lotus pods are harvested, the fruits are taken out, the peels are removed, and they are dried.

This product is slightly oval or spherical, 1.2 to 1.8 cm long, 0.8 to 1.4 cm in diameter. The surface is light yellow-brown to reddish brown, with fine longitudinal lines and wider veins. The center of one end is a nipple-like protrusion, dark brown, with many cracks, and its periphery is slightly sunken. It is hard. The seed coat is thin and not easy to peel off. There are 2 cotyledons, yellow-white, thick, with gaps in the middle, and with green lotus seed core. It is odorless and tastes sweet and slightly astringent.

Nutritional value of lotus seeds

1. Anti-cancer and anti-tumor: Lotus seeds are good at replenishing the deficiencies of the five internal organs, promoting the flow of qi and blood in the twelve meridians, and making qi and blood flow smoothly without rotting. The oxidized cinnamon alkaloids contained in lotus seeds have an inhibitory effect on nasopharyngeal carcinoma. All of this constitutes the nutritional and health care function of lotus seeds in preventing and treating cancer.

2. Lowering blood pressure: The non-crystalline alkaloid N-9 contained in lotus seeds has the effect of lowering blood pressure;

3. Strengthen the heart and calm the mind: The alkaloids contained in lotus seed core have a significant cardiotonic effect, and lotus core alkaloids have a strong anti-calcium and anti-arrhythmic effect;

4. Nourishing, replenishing the body, stopping nocturnal emission and astringing spermatorrhea: The raffinose contained in lotus seeds is a tonic suitable for all ages. It is a commonly used nutritional supplement for those who have been ill for a long time, those who have just given birth or are weak in the elderly. Lotus seed alkaloids have the effect of calming sexual desire. For young people who have frequent dreams, frequent nocturnal emission or spermatorrhea, taking lotus seeds has a good effect of stopping nocturnal emission and astringing spermatorrhea.

Lotus seeds are suitable for people

It is edible for the general public

1. Suitable for people with weak constitution, palpitations, insomnia, and spermatorrhea; suitable for people with spleen deficiency and chronic diarrhea; suitable for cancer patients and those after radiotherapy and chemotherapy; suitable for women with spleen and kidney deficiency and excessive leucorrhea;

2. People who usually have dry and hard stools or abdominal bloating should avoid eating it.

Dosage

How to remove lotus seed skin skillfully: Lotus seed skin is as thin as paper, so it takes a lot of time to remove it. If you wash the lotus seeds first, then put them in boiling water, add an appropriate amount of old alkali, stir them evenly, let them sit for a while, then pour them into a rice washing basket and rub them vigorously, you can quickly remove the lotus seed skin.

Edible benefits of lotus seeds

It is neutral in nature, sweet and astringent in taste, and enters the heart, spleen, and kidney meridians;

It nourishes the spleen and stops diarrhea, benefits the kidney and clears the mind, nourishes the heart and calms the mind. It is used for spleen deficiency, chronic diarrhea, spermatorrhea, leucorrhea, palpitations and insomnia.

It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as frequent dreams at night, insomnia, forgetfulness, irritability and thirst, back pain and weak legs, deafness, spermatorrhea, stranguria, chronic dysentery, diarrhea, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea in women, and loss of appetite due to stomach deficiency.

Lotus seed core