What to cook lotus seeds with?

Lotus seeds are a very common Chinese medicine. People usually eat dried lotus seeds in summer. Lotus seeds have a very good effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. However, due to the cold nature of lotus seeds, you should not eat too many of them. Lotus seeds can be eaten together with some foods with similar medicinal effects, such as yam. So besides yam, what else can lotus seeds be cooked with to make porridge?

Lotus seed and Euryale ferox porridge

Gorgon fruit and lotus seeds have similar properties and flavors, and similar medicinal effects. Both can nourish the kidney and strengthen the essence, tonify the spleen and stop diarrhea, and strengthen the essence and stop leukorrhea. They are suitable for symptoms such as nocturnal emission, spermatorrhea, frequent urination, leukorrhea, and leukorrhea.

raw material

100 grams of lotus seeds (core removed), 100 grams of water chestnuts, 50 grams of fresh lotus leaves, and 50 grams of glutinous rice.

practice

1. Wash glutinous rice and Euryale ferox, soak them in cold water for two to three hours, remove them and drain the water;

2. Wash the lotus seeds, soak them in cold water until they are soft, and remove the lotus core;

3. Add about 2000 ml of cold water to the pot, put in lotus seeds, Euryale ferox and glutinous rice, and bring to a boil over high heat;

4. Then simmer over low heat until it becomes porridge, add rock sugar to adjust the taste, simmer for a while, then serve.

Efficacy: Nourishes the kidney and strengthens the essence, strengthens the spleen and stops diarrhea.

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Lotus seed and yam porridge

Yam has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, nourishing the kidneys and improving the essence. Lotus seeds can nourish the kidneys and improve the essence, nourish the heart and calm the mind. Taking both together can nourish the liver and kidneys, strengthen the heart and calm the mind. It is suitable for people with spleen deficiency, weak stomach, restlessness, insomnia and palpitations.

raw material

50 grams of lotus seeds, 30 grams of yam, 50 grams of japonica rice, and 30 grams of coix seeds. 30 grams of white sugar.

practice

1. Wash and soak lotus seeds, Chinese yam, polished rice and coix seeds. Remove the core of lotus seeds.

2. Take a clay pot, put in lotus seeds, Chinese yam, polished rice and coix seeds and cook for 1.5 hours;

3. Add sugar and cook for a while.

Efficacy: Nourishes the heart and calms the mind, nourishes the liver and kidneys.

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Lotus Seed and Barley Porridge

Job's tears are cool in nature and sweet in taste. They enter the spleen, lung and kidney meridians. They have the effects of diuresis, spleen strengthening and heat clearing. Eating job's tears and lotus seeds together can not only promote diuresis and eliminate dampness, but also strengthen the spleen and kidneys. They are suitable for symptoms such as spleen deficiency diarrhea, spermatorrhea, edema, insomnia, etc.

raw material

75 grams of coix seeds, 75 grams of glutinous rice, 25 grams of lotus seeds, and 50 grams of rock sugar.

practice

1. Wash the lotus seeds, soak them, peel and remove the core, and wash the coix seeds and glutinous rice;

2. Pour water into the pot, add coix seed and glutinous rice, bring to a boil and cook over low heat until half cooked;

3. Add lotus seeds and cook until coix seed and polished rice become sticky and lotus seeds are cooked. Then add rock sugar and stir well. It is ready to eat.

Efficacy: diuretic, anti-edema, spleen and kidney strengthening.