According to the old custom, because lotus roots have holes, they are considered as "lucky food for the future".
Lotus can be seen in the occasion of the celebration since ancient times. Although it is not a very attractive vegetable, it can be used as a stomach enhancer. Its evaluation is quite high.
For example, two thousand years ago, the seed fossil of lotus root, after sowing it, can still open the lotus flower, and the lotus root will still germinate thousands of years ago and other examples, you can prove that lotus root has a strong vitality.
Lotus root is native to China and India and has been cultivated for more than 3,000 years. The quality is glutinous rice with hypertrophy, fresh color, yellow and white, no dark spots, clear and sweet flavor, tender and juicy meat, no shrinkage, no damage, and no sludge.
[nutrient content]
Each 100 grams of lotus root contains 0.9 grams of protein, 0.1 grams of fat, 17 grams of carbohydrates, 0.45 grams of crude fiber, 19-35 milligrams of calcium, 50 to 124 milligrams of phosphorus, 0.5 to 2.4 milligrams, and 002 milligrams of pro-vitamin A (carotene). , vitamin BB.1 mg, vitamin ratio 0.03 mg, nicotinic acid 0.54 mg, vitamin C (ascorbic acid) 22 mg, energy 276.3 ~ 322.4 dry coke. Lotus root contains aspartame, sugar and oxide enzymes.
[Doctor's point of view]
Chinese medicine believes that lotus root has the functions of thirst, thirst, removing heat, nourishing the stomach, promoting digestion, raising heart and blood, regulating Qi and stimulating phlegm, relieving diarrhea and replenishing hunger and tonifying the heart. Chinese medicine also believes that tangling festivals can be used to stop bleeding, and lotus seeds have control effects on diseases such as anemia and liver diseases.
When the lotus root is cut, there will be a phenomenon that the silk is broken. This is due to the sticky substance. The sticky dirt can promote the digestion of the protein. If the lotus root is cut and left for a period of time, the enamel component will be produced at the incision. . Tannins have a strong convergence effect, but also have the effect of vomiting blood. Lotus root is also considered as a stomachic agent because of its hemostatic effect on wounds such as gastric ulcers.
Lotus Root Nutrition Analysis:
1. Heat and cooling blood: lotus root is used for cold, with heat and cooling effect, can be used to treat hot diseases; lotus root sweet liquid, especially for fever, thirst, blood stasis, hemoptysis, blood is particularly beneficial.
2. Laxative diarrhea, spleen appetite: lotus root contains mucus protein and dietary fiber, can be combined with the human body cholate, cholesterol and triglyceride in food, so that it is discharged from the feces, thereby reducing lipids absorb. Lotus root emits a unique fragrance, it also contains tannins. It has certain spleen-preventing and anti-diarrhea effects. It can increase appetite, promote digestion, and promote appetite. It is good for poor appetite and loss of appetite to restore health.
3. Yixueshengji: The nutritional value of Chinese wolfberry is very high. It is rich in iron, calcium and other trace elements. The content of plant protein, vitamins, and starch is also very rich. It has obvious replenishing qi and blood and enhances the human immune system. Therefore, Chinese medicine called it: "The main fill in repose, benefit strength."
4. Hemostasis: Hemorrhoids contain a lot of tannic acid, which has the effect of contracting blood vessels and can be used to stop bleeding. Hemorrhoids can also be used to cool the skin and disperse blood. Chinese medicine practitioners believe that hemostasis without leaving hemorrhoids is the best food for fever.
Lotus Root Supplementary Information:
1. Quality requirements for quail: It is better to have a large body, a crisp flesh, lots of water and sweetness, and a good fragrance. At the same time, the body should be innocent, not rotten, no color change, no rust, no shrinkage, continuous section; the body is covered with a thin layer of mud protection.
2. The distinction between safflower and white peony: In general, the saffron husk is brownish yellow, and the body shape is short and thick. The oysters taste bitter; the peony pods are smooth and silver-white, and they are long and thin. Raw oysters taste sweet. Braised ribs soup with safflower soup, fried scallops with white flowers. In addition, there is a general quality of twist, rough appearance, pink, more starch.
Lotus root for the crowd:
suitable for majority of the people
1. The young and the old, the young and the sick, especially ill-suited, especially suitable for high fever patients, vomiting, hypertension, liver disease, loss of appetite, iron deficiency anemia, malnutrition, and more food;
2. The paralyzed nature is cool, and maternal should not eat too early; cold, raw crisp and refreshing, but impede the spleen and stomach. Spleen and stomach, digestive dysfunction, loose stools should not be eaten raw;
3. Jianchao Decoction is used for oral administration of Shunqi-Kuanzhong. The fried charcoal can stop the blood from spreading and it can be used for all kinds of hemorrhage. Usually after 1 to 2 weeks after giving birth, eating wolfberry can gradually ease.
Lotus root therapeutic effect:
Raw oysters sweet, cold, into the heart, spleen, stomach;
With heat, Sheng Jin, cooling blood, San Yu, spleen, appetizers, antidiarrheal effect;
Indications fever polydipsia, vomiting blood, blood stasis, hot shower.
Mature, warm and sweet;
With the benefits of stomach and spleen, nourishing replenishment, myogenic, antidiarrheal work;
Indications Hyperactivity cough, irritability, thirst, spleen diarrhea, loss of appetite and various types of blood.