What are the benefits of drinking water soaked with Atractylodes lancea and lotus leaves?

As we all know, drinking tea has gradually become a way of health preservation. Many people do not like to drink plain boiled water. Adding other plants or ingredients that are beneficial to the body into boiled water will directly affect the body's metabolism or have other functions. Among them, drinking water soaked with Atractylodes lancea and lotus leaves together can help the body cleanse the intestines and detoxify, relieve fatigue, strengthen the appetite and spleen, remove dampness and protect the stomach, etc.

Atractylodes lancea is a perennial herb of the genus Atractylodes in the Asteraceae family Rhizome procumbent or ascending, adventitious roots. The stem is erect, up to 100 cm high, solitary or in clusters of a few stems, and the leaves at the base fall off during flowering; the middle and lower stems and leaves are almost sessile, round, obovate, oblique ovate, ovate or elliptical, and the stems and leaves above the middle or only the upper part are undivided, oblong ovate, obovate-oblong or long elliptical. All leaves are stiff papery, green on both sides, glabrous, with needle-like trichomes or triangular thorn teeth or double thorn teeth on the edges or edges of lobes. The head inflorescence is solitary at the top of the stem or branch, the involucre is bell-shaped, and the bracts are pinnate-lobed or deeply lobed. The small flowers are white, the achenes are obovate, covered with dense, long, straight white hairs appressed in the same direction, the pappus bristles are brown or dirty white, and they bloom and bear fruit from June to October.

The rhizome of Atractylodes lancea is used as medicine. It is a spleen-regulating medicine with bitter, warm and pungent nature. It has the effects of drying dampness, clearing turbidity and relieving pain. This species has many commercial names for medicinal materials, such as Han Cangzhu and Mao Shu (Mao Cangshu); but the many commercial names can be roughly divided into two categories, namely northern Cangzhu produced in the north and southern Cangzhu produced in the south.

Efficacy: dispel wind and dampness: for rheumatoid arthritis caused by wind, cold and dampness, it can be used together with Notopterygium wilfordii, Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, cinnamon twig, Gentiana macrophylla, etc.; for rheumatoid arthritis caused by dampness, it can be used together with Phellodendron chinense, Achyranthes bidentata, etc., such as Sanmiao Powder and Simiao Pow Strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea : It is used for dampness blocking the spleen, with symptoms of abdominal distension and loose stools. It is often used together with Magnolia officinalis and Tangerine peel, such as Pingwei Powder. Dispel cold and relieve exterior symptoms: It is used for exogenous wind-cold, with symptoms of headache, dizziness, aversion to cold and fever, no sweating, and thick and greasy tongue coating. It can be used together with Schizonepeta, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Angelica dahurica, etc., such as Shenshu Powder. Removing obstructions and improving eyesight: It is used for eye diseases such as internal and external cataracts, amblyopia and night blindness, and can be used together with black sesame or pork liver. Drying dampness and resolving phlegm: used for cough and asthma caused by phlegm and dampness, often used together with Pinellia, Tangerine Peel, and Roasted Stemona.

Contraindications of Atractylodes lancea: People with yin deficiency, internal heat, and qi deficiency and excessive sweating should not take it.

The main effects of Atractylodes lancea are drying dampness and strengthening the spleen, dispelling wind and cold and improving eyesight. It is used for abdominal distension, diarrhea and edema, beriberi and paralysis, rheumatic arthralgia, colds, night blindness, yin deficiency and internal heat, and qi deficiency and excessive sweating. The main effects of lotus leaf are clearing away heat and dampness, raising yang and stopping bleeding, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. These two things can be soaked together in water and drunk, which is suitable for people with phlegm-dampness constitution; people with phlegm-dampness constitution are mostly obese, heavy and easily tired, like to eat fatty and greasy food, and have a large appetite. But it is not advisable to drink too much. Soak 10 grams of it in 1000 ml of water 3 times a week. You can also add some tangerine peel and hawthorn.

Suggestions:

Losing weight also requires syndrome differentiation and treatment. Taking Chinese medicine improperly will be counterproductive. I don’t know if you have the above symptoms. It is recommended that you do not take it on your own and do not take it for a long time.