Lotus Leaf Tea

Introduction

"Lotus leaves can help you lose weight and make you thinner." Since ancient times, China has regarded lotus leaves as a good medicine for weight loss. On the road to weight loss, we have tried too many methods, some of which are unhealthy, some are difficult to stick to, and some are too painful; usually we have no resistance to delicious food, so we can only become more and more "plump". Lotus leaves have a good weight loss effect, but do you know how to brew lotus leaf tea? The quality of tea brewing directly affects the taste of tea, so mastering the skills can make the tea more fragrant.

Lotus leaf health tea originated from Wangtian Lake, the hometown of the famous patriotic poet Wen Yiduo, the Qing Dynasty champion Chen Hang, and the Ming Dynasty prime minister Yao Ge Lao. It is said that during the Jiaqing period, Chen Hang brought some lotus leaf tea, a specialty of his hometown, with him when he took office in Beijing. Lotus leaf tea is mainly made from lotus leaves.

The lotus leaf alkaloids in lotus leaf tea contain a variety of effective lipogenic alkaloids, which can effectively decompose the fat in the body and excrete it out of the body. Lotus leaf alkaloids can densely cover the intestinal wall of the human body, forming a layer of fat isolation membrane to prevent fat absorption and prevent fat accumulation. It can improve greasy eating habits. It has a strong oil repellent effect, which makes you gradually disgusted with meaty and greasy food. Therefore, it has excellent weight loss effect and excellent lipid-lowering health care effect.

If you choose to drink lotus leaf tea to lose weight, you must master the above four lotus leaf tea brewing techniques. Only by paying attention to the above points can you drink tea more healthily. Lotus leaf tea has a strong fat-removing effect, so people with poor stomachs should not drink it to avoid causing unnecessary trouble to the stomach.

The efficacy and function of lotus leaf tea

1. Promote intestinal peristalsis and excrete toxins

Lotus leaf tea contains a lot of fiber, which can promote large intestine peristalsis, help defecation and remove toxins. Lotus leaf tea is more conducive to bowel movements than general high-fiber foods, directly solving the problem of constipation, so the bulging belly will gradually become flat.

2. Drainage and diuresis, healthy fat burning

The aromatic compounds in lotus leaf tea can effectively dissolve fat, remove turbidity and greasiness, and prevent fat from accumulating in the body; vitamin B1, C and caffeine can promote gastric juice secretion, help digestion and reduce fat. It can achieve a double slimming effect for people who are under chronic fatigue and stress, and those who drink less and move more but still can't lose weight due to qi stagnation obesity. At the same time, it also has an excellent diuretic effect. Office workers who sit for a long time and move less, those who are prone to edema, spleen deficiency, and qi deficiency should drink more lotus leaf tea. When the excess fat and retained electrolytes in the body are discharged, people will naturally lose weight.

3. Rich in tea leptin, improve metabolism

Tea leptin is a natural protein component of appetite and energy balance regulation pathways. It does not contain any harmful chemical components and does not cause side effects such as diarrhea and abdominal pain. The lack of tea leptin will inhibit metabolism, reduce energy consumption efficiency, and lead to obesity. Drinking lotus leaf tea can replenish the tea leptin consumed by the human body in the intestines, improve the body's metabolism, and make you lean easily.

4. Lotus leaf, also known as lotus stem or lotus stem.
Lotus leaf is a perennial herbaceous aquatic plant of the genus Nelumbo in the family Nymphaeaceae. It was called lotus, lotus and lotus in ancient times. The leaves of the herbaceous plant lotus of the family Nymphaeaceae are picked in summer. They can be used fresh or dried. Lotus leaf has many functions and effects. Lotus leaf tastes bitter, astringent and slightly astringent, cool and cold in nature, which hurts the spleen and stomach. It is necessary to add a little cold and warm to alleviate the cold nature. At the same time, it has the functions of relieving heat and dampness, strengthening the spleen and raising yang, dispersing blood stasis and stopping bleeding. It is mainly used to treat summer heat, thirst, headache, dizziness, edema, loss of appetite, abdominal distension, diarrhea, leucorrhea, etc.

Side effects and contraindications of lotus leaf tea

Women should stop drinking it during menstruation.

Lotus leaf tea has almost no side effects because it has a mild medicinal nature.

It should also be noted that some friends are allergic to lemon and other lotus leaf slimming tea ingredients. But this is a normal phenomenon and not a side effect.

Special warning: Pregnant women and women during menstruation should not drink lotus leaf slimming tea.

Choose lotus leaf tea with different formulas according to your taste preferences, and lotus leaf weight loss will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort. Some lotus leaf tea products may not be clean and contain impurities. This phenomenon is due to the large-scale use of harvesters to pick lotus leaves in some places, which makes the lotus leaves extremely dirty. Some pharmacies and supermarkets sell this kind of lotus leaves. People will feel nauseous and very disgusted after drinking lotus leaf tea made from this kind of lotus leaves. It may contain pesticides. Lotus leaf tea containing pesticide residues and fertilizer substances will naturally not have the effect of weight loss. Drinking too much is not good for the human body. Lotus leaf tea cannot be used alone as a weight loss tea, so please do not drink it for a long time.

How to brew lotus leaf tea

1. Can be brewed multiple times and mixed

It's okay to brew lotus leaf tea a little stronger, but it doesn't have to be brewed just once. Instead, it should be brewed several times in a row and then the lotus leaf tea should be concentrated together. This way of brewing can brew out a large amount of effective ingredients in the lotus leaf tea, which will have a better effect on weight loss and improving constipation after drinking.

2. Drink half an hour before meals and one hour after meals

After brewing lotus leaf tea, it is best to drink it before meals, but do not drink it half an hour before meals, as this will affect food digestion. If you want to drink it after meals, you should drink it one hour after meals.

3. People with constipation can drink more often

For some people suffering from constipation, they can increase the frequency of drinking lotus leaf tea appropriately, which can moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements, and also help lose weight.

4. Combine with other ingredients to neutralize the coldness

Lotus leaves are cool in nature. If you brew them directly and drink them, they will cause certain harm to the human body. Therefore, when brewing lotus leaf tea, you can add some other ingredients to neutralize the coldness of the lotus leaves, and it will also taste better.

Medicinal value of lotus leaf tea

Ancient and modern medical (food) books such as "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Suixiju Diet", and "Compendium of Chinese Medicinal Tea Formulas" believe that lotus core and lotus leaf have the effects of clearing heart fire, calming liver fire, purging spleen fire, reducing lung fire, clearing heat and nourishing the mind, lowering blood pressure and promoting urination, astringing fluid and stopping sweating, stopping bleeding and consolidating semen. "Lotus leaf loses weight and makes people thin and poor", China has regarded lotus leaf as a good medicine for weight loss since ancient times. In hospitals, obese patients are still given lotus leaf tea.