Wooden lotus fruit is a highly nutritious medicinal food ingredient. It can be brewed into tea or cooked with other ingredients. It has the effect of nourishing the spleen and stomach, especially for treating coughs. Below, I will recommend several wooden lotus fruit dietary therapy recipes.
【Methods of consuming wooden lotus fruit】
1. Ginseng and lotus fruit soup
10 grams of white ginseng, 10 lotus fruits. Soak in water until soft, then add 30 grams of rock sugar and steam for one hour before consuming. The ginseng and lotus fruit can be steamed and consumed three times in total. It has the effect of replenishing qi and strengthening the spleen, suitable for post-illness weakness, spleen deficiency, thinness, fatigue, spontaneous sweating, and diarrhea.
2. Stewed pig stomach with lotus fruit
Clean a pig stomach and stuff it with 40 lotus fruits (without the core). Sew it up with thread and stew until cooked. Slice the pig stomach and place it on a plate with the lotus fruits. Add some cooking oil, salt, green onion, ginger, and garlic for seasoning. It has the effect of invigorating the spleen, nourishing the stomach, replenishing deficiencies, and invigorating qi. Suitable for reduced appetite, weight loss, diarrhea, and edema.
【Methods of using wooden lotus fruit】
You can directly prepare the wooden lotus fruit and then steep it in hot water for daily tea consumption. The water used for making tea must be boiling water. Drink it as you would with regular tea. This can help improve physical condition and treat coughs, but the effects are slightly slower.
For patients with severe coughs, it is recommended to directly cook the wooden lotus fruit. The dosage each time is about 5 qian (approximately 15 grams). In addition to the above methods, you can also directly use wooden lotus fruit as an ingredient for making soup, which has stronger health benefits.
Wooden lotus fruit is mainly used as medicine and cannot be eaten fresh directly.
It is a highly effective type of Chinese herbal medicine. The fresh fruit can be directly cooked, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar can be added for flavoring. It can be consumed in the morning, afternoon, and evening. It has the effects of clearing heat, relieving summer heat, dispelling cold, aiding digestion, and preventing constipation.
