Lotus root to lungs and thirst quencher
Autumn, the weather became dry, according to “dry-run of the” principle, should be based on Yin heat, Runzao thirst quencher, and pure heart soothe the nerves of food-based. Lotus is a nourishing high quality goods in season one. Liqiu after Xianou become common dishes on the table.
Lotus originating in India, after the introduction of China has 3000 years of cultivation history. Lotus is divided into red flower lotus root, lotus root, and Gentiana lotus three kinds of white flowers. Safflower lotus, lotus-shaped thin, brown skin yellow, rough, containing starch and more moisture less waxy but not crisp, with a good soup; white flowers lotus root hypertrophy, smooth, delicate appearance, was silver-white, crisp and juicy flesh , sweet or rich, raw food is better; Gentiana lotus pink in color, appearance of rough, containing more starch. Lotus-sheng, or cooked, and very high medicinal value. With its made of lotus root starch, can Xiaoshi diarrhea, appetizers heat, nourishing the self-cultivation, women and children, the infirm and sick who, on a good nutritious liquid food and good Jane.
Safe food and medicine
Xianou rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron and various vitamins. In the tuber foods, the lotus root with high iron content, so pairs of patients with iron deficiency anemia is quite appropriate. Lotus root soup with blood supplemented by other material that is the reason. The lotus root is not very high sugar content, but also contains a high vitamin C and dietary fiber, for the liver disease, constipation, diabetes, and all have weakness of the disease, people are very useful. Lotus root is rich in vitamin K, has a role in hemostasis for the bleeding, hematemesis, Nvxue, hematuria, blood in the stool of persons as well as maternal great fit.
Raw lotus root, can heat lungs and Cooling line stasis. If the Xianou squeeze container, its better efficacy. The ancients often Ouzhi fresh, fresh pear juice, fresh juice, water chestnuts, sugar cane juices mixed Shangyin thirst for the treatment of fever, irritability obscure. Eat cooked lotus root can be spleen appetite, diarrhea Gujing. The elderly eat lotus root, you can tune in appetizers, benefit make up the blood marrow, soothe the nerves brain, longevity. Fresh lotus root can also be post-partum women, women post-partum this not eat raw, but there was no bogey lotus root, it is because of its hemostatic Xiaoyu features. In addition, the lotus has the effect of clearing the lungs to stop bleeding, tuberculosis patients eat is also good.
We usually eat lotus root, they tend to Oujie abandoned, in fact, Oujie itself is a good hemostatic blindly. Oujie for containing about 2% of the tannins and asparagine, the convergence of its hemostatic effect is stronger than Xianou, after being broken up with the amount of brown sugar Oujie Jianfu, for a variety of bleeding such as hematemesis, hemoptysis, hematuria, blood in the stool , bleeding embolism have a certain effect.
Xianou into the dishes, cooking can be used alone, but also do other food ingredients. Such as meatballs lotus, lotus root dumplings, fried crisp lotus root silk, baked stewed lotus root soup, stew Xianou ribs, lotus root salad, etc., are Zuojiu go well with rice, popular in homemade dishes.
Diet recipe
Cold sore throat, gargle with Ouzhi add egg white. Peel the lotus root is washed, broken out of Ouzhi, and egg white (each with one third of the eggs egg white can) mix well together, you can be used to gargle. Bronchitis, cough more than when the potable Ouzhi. Lotus Paper also has efficacy, so do not have trimmed away and the lotus root juice can be washed. Ouzhi on the early morning and late evening hours when the blood stained sputum, hoarseness were also good results. Fever and severe thirst, drink fresh Ouzhi, both fever and also lift the thirsty. The inclusion of pear juice, a better effect. The lotus root with the soaked rice along with Ao Yu consumption has the same effect. Ouzhi, together with the ginger juice blending drinking, or drinking water Ouzhi dollar a day two times, each time a small cup, quickly lift the fatigue caused by drunk. Menopausal women appeared irregular menstruation, irregular bleeding or emotional instability, restlessness embolism, it is best always to eat lotus root, lotus root Daocheng juice can add a little salt after the taking.
Insider tips
One, who should not eat: raw lotus Xianou naturally cool side, difficult to digest raw cold is not conducive to the spleen and stomach, so those who Spleen Wei Han, Yi diarrhea were advised to eat cooked lotus root. Pregnant women not eat raw postpartum normally takes, but the coupling may not bogey. However, because of coupling of partial cooling, it is inappropriate to maternal consumption. Generally 1 to 2 weeks after delivery before eating lotus more appropriate.
2, pick a good eating lotus root lotus root, it is necessary to select skin was brown, and white meat, hypertrophy, and pay attention to non-injury-free rotten no rust spots, and constantly section instead of shrinkage does not change color, the top of the “parrot head” the smaller the better . If the lotus black, smelly, then unfit for human consumption.
3, processing and how not to change color when processing Xianou Do not use health pots to prevent Xianou discoloration. In order to peel the lotus root does not become brown, you can go after the lotus on the dilute vinegar water for 5 minutes picked up Sassafras dry, you can keep it white jade MOISTURE do not change color. Fried lotus root silk, the lotus root is usually black wire, if the side add some fried side of the water, Chao Chu of the coupling wire will be white as jade.