The efficacy and function of lotus seed shell

Everyone is familiar with lotus seeds. This is a kind of food that people particularly like to use when cooking porridge or soup. This food also has many benefits for the human body, such as lowering blood pressure, preventing and fighting cancer, strengthening the heart and calming the nerves, nourishing and replenishing the body, etc. Therefore, eating lotus seeds regularly is very beneficial to human health. Below, I will introduce to you in detail the effects and functions of lotus seeds!

1. Diseases Treated by Lotus Seeds

Lotus seeds have the effects of nourishing the spleen and stopping diarrhea, stopping leukorrhea, benefiting the kidneys and astringing semen, nourishing the heart and calming the mind. It is often used for diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, leucorrhea, spermatorrhea, palpitations and insomnia.

Lotus seeds are mild in nature, sweet and astringent in taste, and enter the heart, spleen, and kidney meridians; they tonify the spleen and stop diarrhea, benefit the kidneys and clear the mind, and nourish the heart and calm the mind. Used for chronic diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, spermatorrhea, leukorrhea, 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 tastes extremely bitter, but has a significant cardiotonic effect, can dilate peripheral blood vessels and lower blood pressure; lotus core also has a good effect of removing heart fire, can treat mouth and tongue sores, and help sleep.

2. Nutritional value of lotus seeds

1. Lotus seeds contain a large amount of phosphorus, which is a component of teeth and bones, and is also the main component of nucleoprotein and many enzymes. It can help the body metabolize protein, fat, and carbohydrates and maintain acid-base balance.

2. The potassium contained in lotus seeds ranks first among all animal and plant foods. Potassium plays an important role in maintaining muscle excitability, heartbeat regularity and various metabolisms.

3. Lotus seeds are also rich in iron. Iron is one of the components of hemoglobin, myoglobin, cytochrome, etc. It has the effect of treating anemia and relieving fatigue.

4. Lotus seeds have the effects of nourishing the spleen and stomach, nourishing the heart and calming the mind, nourishing the kidney and consolidating the body, replenishing deficiency, strengthening the muscles and bones, and consolidating the essence and qi. It is a rehabilitation nutritious food for patients with spleen deficiency diarrhea, palpitations, insomnia, kidney deficiency spermatorrhea, and loss of appetite.

5. Middle-aged and elderly people, especially those who do mental work, can eat it regularly to improve their brain, enhance their memory, improve their work efficiency, and prevent the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease. It is a nourishing product for middle-aged and elderly people to strengthen their bodies, prevent diseases, resist aging and prolong life.

6. Lotus seed core contains a variety of bioalkaloids and flavonoids, which can clear away heat and lower blood pressure.

7. Clear the heart and remove freckles: Lotus seeds with heart can clear the heart fire and remove freckles, but they cannot be boiled for a long time.

3. The efficacy and function 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 yellow heart tree alkali contained in lotus seeds has an inhibitory effect on nasopharyngeal cancer. 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 biotin N-9 contained in lotus seeds has the effect of lowering blood pressure;

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

4. Nourishing, replenishing the body, stopping nocturnal emission and astringing sperm: The cottonseed sugar contained in lotus seeds is a tonic suitable for all ages. It is a common nutritional product for those who are suffering from long-term illness, postpartum women or the elderly with physical weakness. The alkaloids in lotus seeds 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 sperm.