What are the effects of eating lotus seeds together?

Gorgon fruit and lotus seeds look similar in appearance. Both can be used as food or as medicine. Each has its own characteristics. Many people like to cook porridge with Gorgon fruit and lotus seeds together. When cooking porridge with water chestnuts and lotus seeds, adding some wolfberries will make the taste and effect better and it will taste very delicious. Regular consumption of water chestnut and lotus seed porridge can help calm the mind and strengthen the spleen.

Lotus seeds can be eaten together with water chestnuts.

Fresh lotus seeds mainly contain protein, fat, starch, raffinose, vitamin E, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium and other nutrients; water chestnuts contain a large amount of starch, protein, fat, carbohydrates, crude fiber, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C and mineral elements such as calcium, phosphorus and iron. The food components of these two are not incompatible and can be eaten together.

The efficacy of eating lotus seeds together

Tonify the spleen and stop diarrhea

Lotus seeds and water chestnuts belong to the spleen meridian, and they both taste relatively sweet and have a certain spleen-tonifying effect. In addition, the phytoalkaline components contained in lotus seeds have the effect of astringing the intestines and stopping diarrhea, so eating these two foods together can have the effect of tonifying the spleen and stopping diarrhea.

Nourishes the kidneys and astringes semen

Lotus seeds and water chestnuts also belong to the kidney meridian. They not only benefit the kidneys, but the sweet and astringent nature of water chestnuts also have a certain effect in solidifying semen.

Beauty and skin care

Lotus seeds and water chestnuts are rich in vitamins, inorganic salts and some active ingredients. Regular consumption can maintain skin moisture and elasticity and has a certain beauty effect.

Precautions for eating lotus seeds

1. Don’t eat too many lotus seeds. Lotus seeds are rich in starch. If too much starch accumulates in the body, it is easy to cause physical discomfort such as gas production, bloating, and abdominal pain.

2. Lotus seeds contain some alkaline substances, which have the effect of astringing the intestines and stopping diarrhea. For people with dry stools and constipation, eating lotus seeds will aggravate the symptoms.

3. Pregnant women should not eat lotus seeds. Lotus seeds have a certain blood-activating effect, and pregnant women may experience miscarriage if they eat lotus seeds. Generally speaking, it is best for pregnant women to eat lotus seeds during delivery, as it can help the birth of the fetus.

Precautions for eating Gorgon Fruit

1. Don’t eat too much water chestnut at one time. The taste of water chestnut is relatively astringent, and it also contains starch, which can cause gas stagnation. Eating too much at one time is difficult to digest, and it is especially not suitable for people with dry stools and abdominal bloating.

2. People who should not eat Gorgon fruit are those who suffer from diseases caused by external evils such as wind and cold, malaria, dysentery, malnutrition, hemorrhoids, qi stagnation and bloating, red urine and constipation, indigestion and those who have just given birth.