Is lotus seed heart poisonous?

Lotus seeds are food we often eat. Lotus seeds can not only be used to cook soup and stir-fry, but we can also use them to make various desserts. We have always eaten lotus seeds and thrown away the lotus heart, because the lotus heart is not only very bitter but also many people say that the lotus heart is poisonous. So is the lotus heart poisonous? We need to conduct in-depth analysis to know whether the lotus heart is poisonous!

In fact, lotus seed heart is not only non-toxic but also has good medicinal effects. Therefore, after understanding the effects and functions of lotus seed heart, we must know how to use lotus seed heart to serve our health.

Lotus seed heart, also known as coix (Erya), bitter coix (Bencao Tujing), lotus coix (Compendium of Materia Medica), lotus heart (Bencao Zaixin). It is the green embryo of the mature seeds of the lotus plant of the Nymphaeaceae family. It is mainly produced in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places. It is bitter and cold in nature. Clears the heart, removes heat, stops bleeding, and astringes semen. It can treat irritability, thirst, vomiting blood, spermatorrhea, and calm the qi of the five internal organs.

① "Food Nature Materia Medica": "Grind it raw and take three grams with rice drink to treat blood thirst and postpartum thirst."

② "Rihuazi Bencao": "stops cholera."

③ "Da Ming Yi Lian Zhi": "Clear the mind and remove heat."

④ "Medical Collection": "Purge the heart and strengthen the kidneys."

⑤ "Ben Ge Zai Xin": "It clears the heart fire, calms the liver fire, drains the spleen fire, and reduces the lung fire. It relieves heat and irritability, promotes the production of body fluids and quenches thirst, and treats red and swollen eyes."

⑥ "Sui Xi Ju Diet": "It can stop sweating, calm heat and nourish the spirit, stop bleeding and consolidate semen."

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 0.5 to 1 qian; or made into powder.

Use 12 grams of lotus seeds and drink it instead of tea every day to lower blood lipids, clear away heat, calm the nerves and strengthen the heart.

Above we introduced what lotus seed core is. When we eat lotus seeds, we often cannot eat the lotus seed core because it is very bitter. Many people are afraid that the lotus seed core is poisonous, so they dare not eat it. In fact, the lotus seed core has very high medicinal effects. The lotus seed core can clear heat and strengthen the kidneys.