What are the nature and flavor of lotus seeds?

Lotus seeds are a very common ingredient. You can put some lotus seeds in porridge when cooking. It has a good effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, as well as calming the nerves. In fact, lotus seeds themselves are also a very good Chinese medicinal material. It has a good preventive and therapeutic effect on many diseases of the human body. Below, the editor will introduce some of the main medicinal values ​​of lotus seeds in our lives.

Lotus seeds are the seeds of an aquatic herb of the Nymphaeaceae family. Lotus, also known as lotus and water ganoderma. It is produced in most parts of my country, and the best is produced in Xiangtan, Hunan.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lotus seeds are mild in nature, sweet and astringent in taste, and enter the heart, lung, and kidney meridians. It has the functions of tonifying the spleen, benefiting the lungs, nourishing the heart, benefiting the kidneys and strengthening the intestines. Li Shizhen wrote in Compendium of Materia Medica: "Lotus tastes sweet, warm and astringent, has a fresh and fragrant aroma, and has the flavor of harvest. It is the fruit of the spleen."

Lotus seeds have high nutritional value and are rich in protein, fat and carbohydrates. Lotus seeds are very rich in calcium, phosphorus and potassium. In addition to constituting the components of bones and teeth, they also promote blood coagulation, activate certain enzymes, maintain nerve conductivity, calm nerves, maintain muscle elasticity and heartbeat rhythm. Rich phosphorus is also the main component of cell nucleoprotein, helping the body to metabolize protein, fat, and carbohydrates and maintain acid-base balance. It also plays an important role in the formation of sperm. Lotus seeds have the effect of nourishing the heart and calming the mind. Regular consumption by middle-aged and elderly people, especially those who do mental work, can improve brain health, enhance memory, increase work efficiency and prevent the occurrence of senile dementia. Lotus seed core tastes extremely bitter, but has a significant cardiotonic effect, can dilate peripheral blood vessels and lower blood pressure. Lotus seeds also have a good effect of removing heart fire, treating mouth ulcers, and helping sleep. Lotus seeds have the effects of nourishing the heart and kidneys, strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, and consolidating essence and calming the mind.

Nutritional Value

[Cancer prevention and treatment]: 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 preventing qi and blood from rotting. The oxy-yellow heart tree alkaloids contained in lotus seeds have an inhibitory effect on nasopharyngeal cancer. All of this constitutes the nutritional and health care function of lotus seeds in preventing and treating cancer.

[Lowering blood pressure]: The non-crystalline biotin N-9 contained in lotus seeds has the effect of lowering blood pressure;

[Strengthen the heart and calm the nerves]: The bioalkali contained in lotus seed core has a significant cardiotonic effect, and lotus core alkaloids have strong anti-calcium and anti-arrhythmic effects;

Lotus seeds have a very good kidney-tonifying effect, and some special substances contained in them have a very good anti-cancer effect, and can prevent and treat some tumors that are very common in the human body. For some friends who often suffer from symptoms of getting angry, eating some lotus seeds properly can have a good heat-clearing effect.