Natural Health Food Dried Cored and Peeled White Lotus Seed Semen Nelumbinis

What is lotus seeds?

Lotus seeds or lotus nuts are the seeds of plants in the genus Nelumbo, particularly the species Nelumbo nucifera. The seeds are of great importance to East Asian cuisine and are used extensively in traditional Chinese medicine and in Chinese desserts. The seeds are most commonly sold in the shelled and dried form.

Lotus seeds are low in saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium, and are a good source of protein, thiamin, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and manganese.

1, lotus seeds contains large amounts of phosphorus, phosphorus is the ingredients of composing teeth and bones, or the main component of nuclear protein and many enzymes, can help the body protein, fat and carbohydrate metabolism and maintain acid-base balance.

2, the potassium content in lotus seeds is the first of all animal and plant foods, and potassium plays an important role in maintaining the excitability of muscles, the rhythm of heart beat and various metabolism.

3, the content of iron in lotus seeds is also very rich. Iron is one of the components of hemoglobin, myoglobin, cytochrome and so on. It has the function of treating anemia and alleviating fatigue.

4, lotus seed has the functions of spleen and stomach, calming, astringent, tonic kidney damage, strong bones, solid essence, is the spleen diarrhea, palpitations restlessness, insomnia, kidney spermatorrhea, loss of appetite and other food nutrition rehabilitation patients.

5, middle-aged and elderly people, especially mental workers, often eat, can brain, enhance memory, improve work efficiency, and can prevent the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease. In the elderly physical disease prevention, decrepit tonic.

6, lotus seed core contains a variety of alkaloids, flavonoids, can clear heat, step-down.

7, Puring heart and clearing away freckle: Lotus can clear fire, get rid of freckles, but do not long frying.