The lotus root is a kind of health food, lotus root powder is often used as health food for the elderly, the fresh lotus root is also welcomed by the majority of consumers; however, the lotus root joints are treated as abandoned, is the real treasure on the lotus root. The so-called lotus root section, refers to the lotus root rhizome knot part; fall and winter, lotus root farmers digging lotus root, often this part of the excision thrown away, the rhizome to the market sale.
In fact, this is a great waste. The root section is washed and dried, remove the roots, it has become a very valuable Chinese medicine. Lotus root contains asparagine, tanning has a very strong effect of stopping bleeding and removing blood stasis; women menstruation period menstrual flow is too large, take lotus root powder, there is a very good inhibition of menstrual flow. Nosebleed, or blood in stool, take lotus root powder or drink water boiled with lotus root, stop bleeding effect is very significant; rural life and labor, inevitably sprained hands and feet, bruises and swelling, this time to take lotus root, the effect is particularly significant.
The Chinese medicine believes that the lotus root is flat, sweet and astringent, medicinal use can shorten the bleeding time, have the effect of stopping bleeding and dissipating blood stasis, suitable for the treatment of coughing blood, vomiting blood, blood in urine, blood in stools, uterine bleeding and so on. Lotus root nodules burned into charcoal or powdered have the effect of stopping bleeding. And lotus root nodules have the effect of emancipating menstruation, which can dissolve the blood stasis in the body. We see, nature is sometimes so magical, the same thing, the raw use of the menstrual flow of blood stasis, made of charcoal to stop bleeding, really is the way of yin and yang mutual root and mutual use.
Whether it is stir-fried, cold, stewed soup, or other practices, do not shave the skin of the lotus root, discard the lotus root and lotus root above the bud. Except for the whiskers on the top of the root joints, keep all the other parts, wash them and slice, shred or dice them together with the lotus root. Only in this way can the lotus root protect our spleen and stomach.