What are the benefits of licorice lotus seed heart

Lotus seed core is not unfamiliar to many people. It has extremely high medicinal value and is also a commonly used food in life. There are many ways to use lotus seed core. The simplest one is to soak it in water, which is very good for the body. Well, I believe everyone is familiar with licorice lotus seed tea. Today, I will talk to you about the benefits of drinking lotus seed heart soaked in water.

What is the effect of licorice lotus heart tea

1. Used for symptoms of excessive fire in the heart meridian. Such as febrile diseases, evil invading the pericardium, coma; miscellaneous diseases caused by insufficient heart yin, excessive heart fire, restlessness and insomnia. For example, use it together with Scrophularia ningpoensis heart and Bambusa tenuifolia heart.

2. Used for spermatorrhea and insomnia caused by excessive movement of heart fire and disharmony between heart and kidney. You can soak lotus seed core in boiling water and take it with cinnabar (ground).

3. Used for coughing up blood and vomiting blood due to mental fatigue, just like grinding glutinous rice.

4. It is used for people with high blood pressure, heavy head, irritability and excessive fire in the heart and liver. Lotus seed core is often used instead of tea.

Licorice herbs are sweet and neutral in nature. Enters the spleen, stomach, lung and heart meridians. Clinically used for spleen and stomach weakness, insufficient heart qi and blood,

It is used raw for heat toxins, sores, swelling, heart fire, mouth and tongue sores, and is often used with lotus seeds, bamboo leaves, etc.; and licorice can harmonize all kinds of medicines to achieve a coordinated effect.

Licorice can be used together with lotus seed core to make tea, which can achieve the purpose of clearing the fire in the heart, liver meridian and kidney meridian.

Licorice Tea

Ingredients: 5g licorice, 3g green tea.

Usage: Brew with 200 ml of boiling water and drink until the taste is light.

Functions: Soothe the stomach and relieve urgency, moisten the lungs and detoxify; anti-inflammatory, detoxifying, analgesic, anticonvulsant, antitussive, diuretic, and anti-tumor.

Uses: Deficiency of spleen and stomach qi, abdominal pain, loose stools, and poor appetite; fatigue and fever; pulmonary tuberculosis and cough; palpitations; sore throat; peptic ulcer; detoxification; detoxification of food poisoning.

Lotus Heart Tea

It is named after its shape which resembles lotus seed petals and is a traditional famous tea in my country. It is produced in Taimu Mountain in Fujian Province, where the scenery is beautiful and tea trees grow in clusters between the cliffs and forests. According to legend, as early as the Guangxu period, tea trees were widely planted in the Bailin area at the foot of Mount Taimu. By the 1930s, Lotus Heart Tea was famous both at home and abroad as a treasure among teas. Jasmine Emei and Jasmine Xiumei, made with lotus seed tea, are the best teas and are deeply loved by overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia.

【Features】Clears heart fire and unclogs blood vessels. Patients with hypertension, coronary heart disease and neurosis.

[Ingredients] 3 grams of dried lotus seed core, 1 gram of green tea.

Quality characteristics

The quality characteristics are that it has a slender and delicate appearance, with exposed tip, green with yellow color, similar to the color of lotus seeds, a faint aroma with the fragrance of mung beans, a mellow and refreshing taste, clear orange-green soup, and tender and even leaves. When soaked in the cup, the two leaves open opposite each other, with a bud in the middle, just like the heart of a lotus seed, which is quite interesting.

Secondly, the lotus heart can clear the heart and detoxify, prevent heatstroke and reduce fever, stop bleeding and astringe semen. It can treat irritability, thirst, vomiting blood, spermatorrhea, red and swollen eyes, and has a strong antihypertensive effect.

In addition, some people like to add licorice when soaking lotus seed heart in water. However, the ratio of lotus seed heart to licorice should be 2 to 3, that is, 2 grams of lotus seed heart and 3 grams of licorice, and then brew it with boiling water.

The editor recommends that licorice lotus seed tea has a good therapeutic effect on treating irritability and poor sleep caused by excessive heart fire. However, since lotus seeds are cold in nature, they are not recommended for patients with constipation or abdominal distension. In addition, lotus seed core is not suitable for long-term consumption, especially for people with cold constitution.