Homemade Tonic: White Lotus Seeds

[Agricultural Products Network] Let us first talk about what is white lotus seed? The lotus seed is the seed of the lotus plant, which is the seed of the lotus. When the autumn fruit matures, the lotus house is cut, the fruit is taken out, and the peel is removed. After drying, it is a red lotus seed. After being processed and peeled, the red lotus seed becomes a white lotus seed.

"Out of the mud and not dyed" is a good sentence of "Ai Lian said."

Lotus is not only rich in nutrients, but also a treasure. Lotus seeds are the main harvest of lotus seeds. Lian Hui (Lian Xin), lotus whisker (ambition), scorpion, lotus leaf, lotus, flower palm, lotus flower, scorpion (whip) can be used as medicine. Lotus, è—•, and Dutch schools can be used as table dishes. White lotus is just one of them.

White lotus seeds form a nearly spherical shape with an elliptical sphere. They are about 1.2-1.8 cm long and 0.8-1.5 cm in diameter. The surface is light yellow-brown to brown-red, sometimes pink, with veins and wrinkles. The apex-like protrusion in the center of the end is dark brown with many cracks, and its periphery is slightly subsided into a circular shallow groove. Hard. The seed coat is thin and difficult to peel off. Cotyledons large, yellowish white or milky white, hypertrophic, with gaps between the two cotyledons, with green lotus seeds (young leaves and radicle). Odorless, sweet, seed coat slightly sputum. It is better to be thick, full, complete, and not broken.

Bailianzi is rich in starch, protein and raffinose, and is a good medicinal tonic. Among the white lotus seeds, the carbohydrate content is up to 62%, the protein content is as high as 16%, and the contents of calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins B1, B2 and carotene are also quite abundant. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" said that the lotus seeds "cross heart and kidney, thick stomach, solid guiqi gas, strong bones and bones, profit and loss, sharp eyes and ears, in addition to cold and dampness, stop spleen and stagnation for a long time, red and white, women bring down the collapse Blood disease." The lotus seeds are "mashed and rice for porridge diet, light body and good fortune, making people strong."

What are the effects of white lotus seeds stewed with white fungus?

Let's talk about the white fungus, and the effect of combining the lotus seeds will be clear at a glance. Tremella has the functions of strengthening the essence, tonifying the kidney, moistening the intestines, benefiting the stomach, tonifying the qi, and blood, strengthening the heart, strengthening the body, supplementing the brain, refreshing, beauty, skin rejuvenation and prolonging life. Tremella is used to treat lung heat cough, lung dry cough, women's irregular menstruation, gastritis, constipation and other diseases. It can improve liver detoxification ability and protect liver function. It can not only enhance the body's anti-tumor immunity, but also enhance the tolerance of cancer patients to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. It is also a nourishing good medicine, characterized by nourishing and not stagnation, with spleen appetizer, qi and clear intestines, sleeping in the stomach, nourishing the brain, nourishing yin and clearing heat, moistening the dryness, and is not warm to the yin A hot tonic patient is a good tonic. Tremella is rich in natural characteristics, plus its nourishing effect, long-term use can emollient, and has the effect of removing chloasma and freckles on the face. Tremella is a diet food containing dietary fiber. Its dietary fiber can help gastrointestinal motility and reduce fat absorption. With the effect of white lotus seeds, is it very authentic?

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