Benefits of Lotus Seeds

People are not unfamiliar with lotus seeds. Common meals include lotus seed porridge and lotus seed soup. Lotus seeds are often used as medicinal food. Why is it that lotus seeds attract so much attention? Lotus seeds are quite warming and nourishing, and are commonly seen in expectant mothers after giving birth. So, what are the effects of lotus seeds as a plant that can be used as both food and medicine in daily life?

When lotus seeds are cooked into porridge, they taste a little sweet, and lotus seeds can make people feel more aftertaste. So what are the specific benefits of lotus seeds to the human body? Now let us take a detailed look at the effects of lotus seeds through this article.

Efficacy: Clears the heart and invigorates the spleen, nourishes the spleen and stops diarrhea, nourishes the heart, calms the mind and improves eyesight, nourishes the middle and nourishes the spirit, strengthens the spleen and stomach, stops diarrhea and consolidates essence, benefits the kidneys, astringes essence and stops leukorrhea. Nourishes vitality.

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.

Indications: restlessness and insomnia, chronic diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, loose stools, chronic dysentery, low back pain, spermatorrhea in men, and leucorrhea in women. It can also prevent premature birth, miscarriage, and back pain in pregnant women.

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.

After this article has given a detailed introduction to the effects of lotus seeds, I believe everyone understands the benefits of lotus seeds to people's health. Compared with other health foods, lotus seeds have an obvious advantage. Lotus seeds are relatively mild in nature and can be eaten even by people with weak spleen and cold stomach. This is of great benefit to people of different physiques.