The benefits of drinking lotus seed heart soaked in water

Lotus seeds are a favorite food for many people. They have high nutritional value and are prepared in many ways. The lotus seed heart is also a delicacy, but it is also very helpful in treating human diseases. Lotus seed heart is something that many people don't pay much attention to. In fact, it is very helpful in treating diseases, and its treatment method is very simple. Just soak it in water. So what are the effects of drinking lotus seed heart soaked in water?

Many people don’t know much about the effects of drinking lotus seed heart soaked in water. When choosing it, many people are not very clear about what diseases it can treat. The following is a detailed introduction.

The benefits of drinking lotus seed heart soaked in water:

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, lotus seed core is cold, bitter, and non-toxic. It contains a variety of biological alkaloids such as nelumboxin and isolelumboxin. It tastes extremely bitter and has the effects of clearing heat, consolidating essence, calming the nerves, strengthening the heart, and lowering blood pressure. It has the function of clearing heat and purging fire, and has a significant cardiotonic effect. It can dilate peripheral blood vessels and lower blood pressure. It can treat mouth sores and help you sleep. Used as a tonic medicine, it nourishes the spleen and stops diarrhea, benefits the kidneys and astringes semen, and nourishes the heart and calms the mind. It can treat chronic diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, chronic diarrhea, spermatorrhea due to kidney deficiency, loose stools, incontinence, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea in women, restlessness, palpitations, insomnia, irritability caused by high fever, confusion, and nocturnal emission and spermatorrhea.

Lotus seed core is bitter and cold, and has the effect of clearing the heart and purging fire. Therefore, it is often used in combination with Yuanshen and Ophiopogon japonicus to treat high fever, coma, delirium, hyperactivity of heart fire, irritability and restlessness in febrile diseases.

Side effects of lotus seeds:

It is edible for the general population and has no side effects

1. Suitable for people with weak constitution, palpitations, insomnia, and spermatorrhea; suitable for people with spleen deficiency and chronic diarrhea; suitable for cancer patients and those after radiotherapy and chemotherapy; suitable for women with spleen and kidney deficiency and excessive leucorrhea;

2. People who usually have dry and hard stools or abdominal bloating should avoid eating it. The lotus seed heart is the green embryo inside the mature lotus seed kernel. It is often used by the people to make tea, which has the effect of clearing heart fire and stopping spermatorrhea. It is most suitable for patients with insomnia caused by disharmony between the heart and kidney, and yin deficiency and excess fire. From the perspective of clinical application, lotus seed heart is suitable for people with mild insomnia. If it is ineffective, diazepam can be used appropriately to control the symptoms, but long-term use of diazepam can cause great harm to the body. In addition, insomnia patients should develop better living habits, such as taking more walks after dinner, exercising more often, etc., which are very helpful for restoring sleep.

3. The disadvantage is that lotus seed core is cold in nature and is not suitable for long-term consumption. It will have a bad effect on people with a cold constitution and is not good for health.

Through the above introduction, we have some understanding of the effects of drinking lotus seed heart soaked in water, so you can choose it with confidence. However, you should pay attention that it is best to drink less at night so that you will not have to get up at night and it will not cause any harm to human health.