Five female privacy diseases that can be cured by eating lotus root

Lotus root is one of the nourishing foods in winter, and there are many ways to eat it. Lotus root is sweet and cool in nature. When eaten raw, it has the effects of clearing heat, promoting body fluid, cooling blood, stopping bleeding, and nourishing yin. When eaten cooked, it also has the effects of nourishing the spleen and stomach, nourishing kidney yin, and replenishing blood and beauty.

According to the theory of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, women are Yin. Women’s physiological characteristics make them prone to “yin essence deficiency”, and lotus root is a very good yin-nourishing product, so there is a saying among the people that “men cannot live without leeks, and women cannot live without lotus roots”. What are the benefits of eating lotus root for women?

The main symptoms of kidney yin deficiency are dizziness, back pain, and dry throat. If it reaches the level of yin deficiency turning into fire, you will also feel hotness in the palms and soles of your hands and feet. For this situation, Chinese medicine mainly regulates the body from the perspective of nourishing yin and promoting body fluid, and at this time you can eat more lotus root.

For example, the blood-replenishing and beauty-enhancing delicacy with osmanthus, glutinous rice and lotus root, which was originally popular in the palace; or stir-frying with black fungus and lotus root with a little wolfberry, has a good auxiliary therapeutic effect on blurred vision, tinnitus, hearing loss, dizziness, waist and knee pain caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency.

Secondly, different ways of eating lotus root can also assist in the treatment of many common female diseases.

Heavy menstruation

Clinically, menorrhagia caused by qi deficiency and blood heat is the most common.

Qi deficiency and inability to control blood circulation will cause menorrhagia, light-colored menstrual blood, thin texture, accompanied by palpitations, shortness of breath, and lower abdominal distension. At this time, lotus root stewed with pork ribs is recommended, which can both replenish qi and stop bleeding.

If the menorrhagia is caused by blood heat, the menstrual blood will be dark in color and thick in texture. The person will also have hot hands and feet, easy bleeding gums and other manifestations of yin deficiency and internal heat. This type of people should eat raw lotus root, which can be peeled and eaten directly or squeezed into juice to drink, in order to achieve the effect of cooling blood and stopping bleeding.

Postpartum bruises

Eating raw lotus root about two weeks after delivery can help clear blood stasis accumulated in the abdomen. The vitamin K rich in lotus root has the effect of constricting blood vessels and stopping bleeding.

New mothers who often eat lotus root can increase their appetite and promote the secretion of milk. If the spleen and stomach digestive function is poor and the stool is loose, you can eat it cooked instead.

Abnormal vaginal discharge

If the leucorrhea is yellow in color and has a fishy smell, you can take half a bowl of lotus root juice and 1 to 2 red cockscombs, boil them, add brown sugar and drink it twice a day.

Anxiety and insomnia

Women have to take care of children, do housework, and work hard. If they work too hard, they will easily become upset and suffer from insomnia. At this time, you might as well eat some fried lotus root and lily to clear your mind and effectively relieve insomnia. You can also mix some lotus root powder and drink it before going to bed to help you sleep.

Dry cough

As the saying goes, "Lotus is full of treasures, and autumn lotus root is the most nutritious." The lotus root itself has the effect of moistening the lungs. Take the autumn lotus root and squeeze the juice, add appropriate amount of honey to drink, which is very effective in relieving the dry cough and hemoptysis caused by lung dryness that are common in autumn and winter.