How to make fresh lotus pod soup

In summer, the lotus pond is full of blooming lotus flowers, which are particularly beautiful. After the lotus flowers bloom, large lotus pods will appear, which are loved by many people who love to eat lotus seeds. The lotus pod is divided into lotus pod, lotus seeds and lotus seed core. When we eat it, we eat the lotus seeds in the lotus pod. The fresh lotus seeds are sweet and delicious when they enter the mouth. Fresh lotus pods can also be used to make soup, and their nutritional value is very high.

"The lotus pod of the lotus pod mainly has the functions of removing blood stasis, stopping bleeding and removing dampness, just like the lotus leaf. Eating fresh lotus pod can clear away heat, cool blood, remove dampness and remove blood stasis.

Lotus pods are used as traditional Chinese medicine and made into lotus stems and lotus charcoal, which are mainly used in two major fields: gynecology and anorectal medicine. "The lotus stems and lotus charcoal made from lotus pods have a hemostatic effect and are used to treat excessive menstrual flow in women. Lotus stems and lotus charcoal are also suitable for people with damp heat and heavy heat toxins in the intestines, such as scabies, dry mouth, bitter mouth, irritability, poor sleep, rotten, smelly, sticky and blocked stools, hemorrhoid bleeding, or rectal or colitis. Using lotus charcoal as medicine will improve the condition."

How to make fresh lotus pod soup

【Material】

100 grams of lotus pods, 100 grams of winter melon, 50 grams of red beans, 20 grams of yam, 10 grams of lotus seeds, and 20 grams of coix seeds.

[How to make the refreshing soup with fresh lotus pods and winter melon ]

1. Prepare the materials

2. Wash the winter melon, peel it and cut it into pieces.

3. Wash the lotus pod, break it into several pieces, peel out the lotus seeds, and remove the lotus seed core.

4. Wash adzuki beans, coix seeds and yam.

5. Put all the ingredients into a soup pot, add enough water, boil over high heat and then simmer for one hour.

6. Add salt to the cooked soup to taste.

【Tips】

1: If you don’t have fresh lotus pods, you can go to grocery stores and pharmacies to buy dried lotus pods, or buy packaged dehumidifying soup ingredients.

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2: Use old winter melon, the skin and flesh are relatively hard, and the skin is very dirty, so you need to peel it; ordinary winter melon can be washed clean, no need to peel or remove the flesh

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3: You can add pork or pork bones to this soup to make it taste richer.

4: It is enough to cook the pure vegetable soup for one hour. If you add meat, cook it for half an hour longer to let the meat flavor seep out.

The effects of lotus pod: removing blood stasis, stopping bleeding, and removing dampness. It is used to treat uterine bleeding, menorrhagia, miscarriage, abdominal pain due to blood stasis, retained placenta after delivery, bloody diarrhea, hematuria, hemorrhoids and rectal prolapse.