Summer is here, and the hot weather smells of wet and cold. This is because the summer weather this year has changed greatly, with more rain and heavy moisture. This kind of moisture, we call it "damp evil", it often bothers our spleen and stomach, making people feel sleepy and heavy. But you know what? If we can warm the body a little bit, this moisture can dissolve itself.

However, for friends who are cold, dampness is more likely to invade the body, causing the body to feel more cold and wet, sleepy and heavy.

However, don't worry, nature has given us a magical gift-lotus leaves. Lotus leaf is grown in the warm summer, it has a unique effect.

The ancients believed that lotus leaves have a strong "upward lifting power", which can help us dredge the courage and enhance the yang of the spleen. For those friends who have long-term poor spleen and stomach and loss of appetite, lotus leaf is like a rotating axle, which can help us restore the function of spleen and stomach and make the body full of vitality.

The nature of the lotus leaf is peaceful, very suitable for summer consumption. So, in this wet summer, may wish to try to add some lotus leaves in the water, so that dampness becomes more simple. At the same time, it can also make our body more healthy and comfortable.

Lotus leaf: natural dampness and thin star

Lotus leaf, a strange ingredient that grows up in water, has an extraordinary dampness effect. In the summer of heavy moisture, people often feel unwell, at this time the lotus leaf has become an ideal natural cleaning agent.

Lotus leaf, bitter and flat, can go deep into the spleen, stomach meridians, so there is no need to worry about its damage to the spleen and stomach. On the contrary, it can supplement stomach qi, especially for the constitution of spleen deficiency and dampness, such as people with serious tooth marks and tongue, especially girls, at this time, lotus leaf can play a good regulatory role.

The beauty of the lotus leaf is more than that, it dispels dampness at the same time and will not hurt the body's yang, but can help rise yang qi. As "Yunnan Materia Medica" said: "Shangqing leader's wind and heat, stop dizziness, clear phlegm, discouraged, stop vomiting, head stuffy pain."

Lotus leaves also have a unique role in the rise of clear turbidity, can guide the moisture turbid water downward discharge, while the clean Yang rise. This mechanism of "spleen governing and clearing" enables food to be better absorbed and utilized by the body after digestion, avoiding the accumulation of dampness and turbidity.

The clever collocation of lotus leaves, slimming and curing

In modern society, many people's physique is complex. In addition to heavy moisture, it may be accompanied by cold, heat, qi depression and other symptoms. Therefore, when drinking lotus leaf water, we can consider a simple match to achieve better results.

homemade lotus leaf tea:

Wash lotus leaves and remove lotus leaves. Fold the lotus leaves into small pieces, boil hot water in a steamer, steam the lotus leaves in a steamer for 5 minutes after the water is boiled, and take them out. Put the lotus leaf in a clean bamboo basket to dry in the sun. Without a bamboo basket, put the lotus leaf on a hanger to dry. After drying, cut the lotus leaf into small squares with scissors. Put it into a tea pot and keep dry.

The clever collocation of lotus leaves can not only help lose weight, but also fundamentally improve phlegm-dampness physique, especially for girls with heavy teeth and tongue marks in summer, to achieve a win-win situation of health and beauty.

1. Lotus Leaf Hawthorn: Easily Drop Meat

Want to lose excess fat? Try the combination of lotus leaf and hawthorn!

Only 2 grams of lotus leaves and 5 pieces of hawthorn dry water to drink, not only can help eliminate dampness, but also can digestion. Especially suitable for those who like to eat meat or greasy food, belly some big people.

2. Lotus Leaf Pericarpium Citrifolis: the savior of phlegm-dampness constitution

People with phlegm-dampness constitution have white and greasy tongue coating with tooth marks, soft meat on their stomachs and heavy body feeling. At this time, lotus leaf and tangerine peel is your good helper. 6 grams of tangerine peel and 3 grams of lotus leaf soaked in water to drink, can effectively improve the phlegm dampness constitution, let you feel more relaxed.

3. Lotus leaf bergamot: release pressure and trouble

Life is stressful, emotionally sullen, and your body feels lumpy? The combination of lotus leaves and bergamot can help you relieve stress and release worries. 3 grams of lotus leaves and 5 grams of bergamot soaked in water to drink, make the mood more comfortable.

4. Wax gourd, lotus leaf, coix seed, sparerib soup: dispelling dampness and clearing heat in all directions

Famous doctor Meng Shen once said that wax gourd is a good food for people who want to keep their bodies thin and light. When the lotus leaf and melon, Coix seed meet, its dampness effect is doubled. Add pork ribs and ginger, not only can solve the heat, but also provide rich nutrition for the body.

Practice:

① Wash the wax gourd with the skin and cut it into pieces, put it in a clay pot with the washed barley, lotus leaf, pork ribs, and ginger, and add 3000 ml of water.

② Cook with high heat until boiling, then turn to low heat for about 3 hours.

Finally, add a proper amount of salt and a little oil to taste.

This summer, let lotus leaf become your health partner!

Reminder: It is not suitable for people who have spleen and stomach deficiency (spleen and stomach weakness and cold), insufficient qi and blood, and too weak physique to drink lotus leaf tea. Like some special groups, such as pregnant and lactating women should also be used with caution.