Saturday, August 14, 2010

 

LOTUS SEED BENEFITS

Lotus Seed offers variety of benefits to us. It is called lian zi 连子 in Chinese。 It can be used as food and for medicine. It benefits the spleen, heart and kidneys.

fresh lotus seeds
This is fresh lotus seed available at the wet market. Lotus seed is also good for anti-ageing.

lotus seed in packet
Packed lotus seed is available from the supermarket.

dry lotus seed for medicine
Lotus seed can be used as dessert. Cook green bean soup with lotus seed. Chinese use this for soup and as medicine.

Lotus higher nutritional value, rich in protein, fat and carbohydrates, lotus seed in calcium, phosphorus and potassium content is very rich, in addition to bones and teeth can constitute the composition, there are the promotion of blood clotting, so that some activity-based, the maintenance of nerve conductivity, calm nerves, to maintain muscle flexibility and heart rhythm and so on. Rich in phosphorus is a major component of nuclear protein to help the body to protein, fat, carbohydrate metabolism, and maintain the acid-base balance, the formation of the sperm also have an important role. Lotus has raised Anshen effect. In older persons, particularly those who regularly consumed by mental, you can brain, enhance memory, improve work efficiency and can prevent the occurrence of senile dementia. Lotus Heart taste very bitter, but there a significant role in the strong heart that can expand peripheral vascular, lower blood pressure. Lotus are very good to the efficacy of Firelight, treatment, sore tongue, help sleep. Lotus beneficial heart kidney, spleen to stop diarrhea, soothe the nerves of the role of the Gujing.

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