Benefits of Lotus Seed, Chinese Yam and Gorgon Fruit Soup

Lotus seed, yam and water chestnut soup, as the name suggests, is a soup made with lotus seeds, yam and water chestnuts. These types of ingredients not only have a better taste, but also have certain therapeutic value. If consumed regularly, they can help people solve various health problems and free people from the troubles of illness. Below, I will introduce to you in detail the effects and functions of lotus seed, yam and water chestnut soup!

1. The efficacy and function of Chinese yam

Tonify the middle and replenish qi: Iron stick yam is rich in 18 kinds of amino acids and more than 10 kinds of trace elements, and other minerals, so it has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, nourishing the lungs and kidneys, nourishing the middle and replenishing qi, strengthening the spleen and replenishing deficiency, consolidating the kidneys and replenishing essence, benefiting the heart and calming the mind. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" has the saying "to strengthen the spleen and replenish the benefits, nourish the essence and consolidate the kidneys, treat hundreds of diseases, and cure the five labors and seven injuries".

Promoting fluid and quenching thirst: Yam has the effect of quenching thirst: Chinese medicine often uses yam alone in prescriptions for the treatment of consumptive thirst (diabetes), or it can be used in combination with other medicines for better results.

Health care and beauty: Because fresh yam is rich in vitamins, amino acids and minerals, it can prevent and treat abnormal lipid metabolism and arteriosclerosis. It also has a certain effect on maintaining the normal function of insulin. It has health care effects such as enhancing human immunity, benefiting the heart and calming the mind, relieving cough and asthma, and delaying aging. Yam has unique therapeutic effects on nourishing the skin and beautifying the skin.

Control the desire to eat: Yam is rich in protein, B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E, glucose, crude protein amino acids, bile alkali, allantoin, etc.; among them, the important nutrient diosgenin is a precursor to the synthesis of female hormones, which nourishes yin and yang and enhances metabolism; and the mucus and digestive enzymes of the polysaccharide protein components contained in fresh tubers can prevent cardiovascular fat deposition and help gastrointestinal digestion and absorption.

2. The efficacy and function of lotus seeds

Lotus seeds have the effects of clearing the heart and invigorating the spleen, tonifying the spleen and stopping diarrhea, nourishing the heart, calming the mind and improving eyesight, tonifying the middle and nourishing the spirit, stopping diarrhea and consolidating essence, and benefiting the kidneys, astringing essence and stopping leukorrhea. Nourishes vitality. From the perspective of clinical application, lotus seeds are suitable for people with mild insomnia. If they are ineffective, tranquilizers can be used appropriately to control the condition, but they should not be taken for a long time. Long-term use of diazepam can cause great harm to the body, such as causing drug dependence in patients. In addition, insomnia patients should develop better living habits, such as taking more walks after dinner, exercising more often, etc. These are all very helpful for restoring sleep.

3. The role of Gorgon fruit

1. It can replenish the middle and strengthen the Qi. It is a nourishing and strengthening food. It is somewhat similar to lotus seeds, but the astringent and sedative effect of Gorgon fruit is stronger than lotus seeds. It is suitable for chronic diarrhea and frequent urination, nocturnal emission and spermatorrhea, and women's excessive menstruation and low back pain.

2. Nocturnal emission, enuresis in weak children, frequent urination in the elderly] 15g Euryale ferox, 12g Rosa rugosa, 9g each of Cuscuta australis and Plantago asiatica, decocted in water and taken orally. Frequent urination and spermatorrhea. Use 2 liang each of autumn stone, white poria, water chestnut and lotus seeds, and grind them into powder. Add steamed dates and make into balls as big as walnuts. Take 30 pills each time, on an empty stomach, with salt water. The name of this prescription is "Sijing Pills".

3. Chronic diarrhea (including chronic intestinal tuberculosis, early morning diarrhea, etc.)] Gorgon fruit, lotus seeds, Chinese yam, and white hyacinth bean are divided into equal parts, ground into fine powder, 30-60 grams each time, add sugar and steam as a snack.

4. Gorgon fruit is sweet, astringent and flat in nature, and has the effects of strengthening the kidneys, astringing semen, nourishing the spleen and stopping diarrhea.