The efficacy and medicinal value of water lily

Water lily flower, also called water lily or water banyan flower, is the fresh bud of the Myrtaceae plant water lily. It has a natural fragrance. It is very small in shape, mostly bluish-white, and the calyx tube is mostly bell-shaped. It is mostly harvested in spring and can be used as medicine after drying. Water lily flower contains a variety of excellent medicinal ingredients, and its own medicinal effects are also particularly outstanding. So what are the effects of water lily flower?

The efficacy of water lily

1. Medicinal ingredients of water lily

The Chinese medicinal material Water lily contains a large amount of flavonoids, as well as some sugars and multiple amino acids. In addition, ursolic acid, volatile oil, methyl salicylate, water anethole and geraniol are the most important substances in Water lily. They are all natural medicinal ingredients. After being absorbed by the human body, they can clear away heat and detoxify, and can also remove dampness and relieve pain.

2. The efficacy of water lily

After being used as medicine, the water lily has a cold nature and a very bitter taste. It can enter the spleen meridian and stomach meridian. It is a kind of Chinese medicinal material for clearing heat and purging fire. Clearing away heat and detoxifying, strengthening the stomach and digestion, and removing heat and promoting body fluid are its main functions. It has a good therapeutic effect on human colds, headaches, and high fever caused by colds. It can be decocted into a soup for treatment, and the maximum dosage should not exceed 30 grams.

3. Water lily can eliminate stagnation and relieve accumulation

Water lily can eliminate stagnation and remove accumulation. It can enter the stomach meridian. After people take it, it can clear stomach heat, promote gastric juice secretion, speed up the body's digestion and absorption of food, and at the same time, it can also quickly decompose the accumulated food in the body and excrete it out of the body. It has a good regulating effect on common human indigestion and stomach diseases, as well as loss of appetite, abdominal distension and other adverse symptoms. If you feel these symptoms in your daily life, you can directly use water lily to cook porridge.