As a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, lotus seed has the effects of tonifying the spleen, stopping diarrhea, stopping the belt, benefiting the kidney and astringent, nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind, etc. Eating lotus seed in summer has the above effects.
Lotus seed, flat in nature, sweet and astringent in flavor, belongs to the spleen meridian, kidney meridian and heart meridian.
1. Nourish the spleen and stop diarrhea: lotus seed sweet can nourish the spleen, astringent can stop diarrhea, clinically used in the treatment of spleen deficiency and diarrhea, loss of appetite, or spleen and kidney deficiency, diarrhea for a long time.
2. Stopping the band: Lotus seed enters the spleen and kidney meridians, can benefit the kidney, astringent essence, astringent stop band, clinically used for the treatment of spleen deficiency, water-dampness downstream caused by the amount of band under the white, or spleen and kidney weakness, band vein loss of the appointment (band vein loss of constraints) led to band under the sparse, lumbar and knee soreness, and other symptoms.
3. Benefit the kidney astringent essence: lotus seed taste sweet and astringent, into the kidney meridian, can benefit the kidney to consolidate essence, clinically used in the treatment of insufficient kidney qi, jingguan not solid (deficiency of the kidneys, the kidneys can’t hide the essence) resulting in spermatorrhea and semen slippery, or heart and kidney (heart and kidney not intersecting (the heart fire is strong, kidney yin deficiency, the physiological dysfunction of the heart and the kidneys) leading to the white urine (urine is turbid such as white slurry), dreaming slippery semen.
4. Nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind: lotus seed enters the heart and kidney meridians, which can tranquilize the mind, benefit kidney qi, and intermingle the heart and kidney, and is clinically used for treating deficiency annoyance (annoyance caused by deficiency heat in the body), palpitation, and insomnia caused by heart and kidney disharmony.
When lotus seed is used as a traditional Chinese medicine, it should be used under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, and should not be used blindly on its own, in order to avoid delaying the condition or triggering adverse reactions.