Lotus introduction

Lotus seed is a by-product of lotus and specialty of China. The ancients said, eat lotus seed can be rejuvenated, ever-young. It can not be trusted, but its medical value in nourishing heart, soothing the nerves, strengthening the brain, eliminating fatigue and so on, has been recorded many times in the past dynasties. For example, in "Shenlong Herbal", "Herbal supplements", "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Herbal preparation" to are well documented.

Lotus seed effect

Tastes sweet and astringent, invigorate the spleen, arrest discharge, and warm the kidney to stop diarrhea, nourishing heart and quieting spirit. For spermatorrhea leucorrhea, palpitation and insomnia. The dreaminess, forgetfulness, insomnia, upset thirsty, lumbago, weak legs, poor hearing, spermatorrhea, drench turbidity, dysentery, deficiency diarrhea, stomach deficiency and women uterine bleeding morbid appetite and other symptoms.

1. Cancer prevention

Lotus seeds contain oxidation Micheline a inhibitory effect on nasopharyngeal carcinoma, all this constitutes the anti-cancer nutrition and health function.

2. Lowering blood pressure

The non crystalline alkaloid N - 9 in lotus seed has the function of lowering blood pressure.

3. Tranquilizing the mind

Lotus central green core, called lotus core, containing Liensinine, isoliensinine and other alkaloids, taste very bitter, have the function of clearing away heat and purging fire, there are significant cardiac effects to peripheral vascular expansion, reduce blood pressure. Can treat aphtha, and help to sleep. It is used as tonic medicine, invigorating spleen, stopping diarrhea, tonifying kidney and astringent essence, and nourishing the mind and tranquilizing the nerves. Can cure diarrhea, dysentery, diarrhea, kidney spermatorrhea, urine can not help, woman, hung up, and metrorrhagia and metrostaxis palpitation, insomnia.

4. Nourish the deficiency and stop the essence of the essence

For chronic illness, postpartum elderly or physically weak, it is commonly used nutrition products; nelumbine anaphrodisiac, for young people dreaminess, spermatorrhea frequently or spermatorrhea, lotus seeds are good for kidney health and preventing spermatorrhea.

Nutritive value of lotus seeds

1. Lotus seeds contains large amounts of phosphorus, phosphorus is the ingredients of composing teeth and bones, or the main component of nuclear protein and many enzymes, can help the body protein, fat and carbohydrate metabolism and maintain acid-base balance.

2. The potassium content in lotus seeds is the first of all animal and plant foods, and potassium plays an important role in maintaining the excitability of muscles, the rhythm of heart beat and various metabolism.

3. The content of iron in lotus seeds is also very rich. Iron is one of the components of hemoglobin, myoglobin, cytochrome and so on. It has the function of treating anemia and alleviating fatigue.

4. Lotus seed has the functions of spleen and stomach, calming, astringent, tonic kidney damage, strong bones, solid essence, is the spleen diarrhea, palpitations restlessness, insomnia, kidney spermatorrhea, loss of appetite and other food nutrition rehabilitation patients.

5. Iddle-aged and elderly people, especially mental workers, often eat, can brain, enhance memory, improve work efficiency, and can prevent the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease. In the elderly physical disease prevention, decrepit tonic.

6. Lotus seed core contains a variety of alkaloids, flavonoids, can clear heat, step-down.

7. Puring heart and clearing away freckle: Lotus can clear fire, get rid of freckles, but do not long frying.

Storage

Need to avoid humid and hot, because that will cause insect infestation, and the bitterness of lotus core will seep into the lotus seeds. Therefore, dried lotus seeds can be packed in P.P bag and put into a sealed container, placed in a cool, dry and ventilated place.

Lotus once damp and worms, immediately take insolation or baking, After insolation, need to cool naturally two days,  then collecting after the cold heat cleared. The color and meat quality of the roasted lotus seeds will be affected, the flavor will be greatly reduced after cooking, and the efficacy will also be affected.