The Wood Lotus Fruit is a type of traditional Chinese medicine and a rare ingredient that is not commonly seen. It has a strange appearance and is known for its effects in promoting bowel movement and relieving cough. As a food ingredient, Wood Lotus Fruit stewed with pig's trotters has the effect of treating insufficient breast milk production in postpartum women. Let's take a look at the recipe for Wood Lotus Fruit stewed with pig's trotters below!
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Wood Lotus Fruit has the effects of promoting bowel movement and relieving cough, and is mainly used for damp-heat constipation and cough in the elderly.
"Tianmu Mountain Medicinal Plants": "Treats damp-heat constipation, dry cough in the elderly."
Treatment for damp-heat constipation: Take about one liang of Wood Lotus Fruit (or root and bark), decoct it, add white sugar, and take it before breakfast and dinner. "Zhejiang Tianmu Mountain Medicinal Plants"
Treatment for dry cough in the elderly: Take four to five qian of Wood Lotus Fruit, decoct it, and drink it instead of tea. "Zhejiang Tianmu Mountain Medicinal Plants"
1. Treatment for nocturnal emission: Take roasted Wood Lotus Fruit and White Hellebore, grind them into powder, and take two qian per dose, mixed with rice soup.
2. Treatment for renal cyst enlargement: Burn Wood Lotus Fruit to ash, grind it into powder, and take two qian per dose, empty stomach, with wine.
Another prescription: Take Wood Lotus Seed and Fennel, grind them into powder, and take two qian per dose, empty stomach, with wine.
3. Treatment for bloody stool: Take burned Wood Lotus Fruit and Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, grind them into powder, and take two qian per dose, with Sophora flower liquor. Another prescription: Take Wood Lotus, Palm Bark, remove the core of Chinese olive, and fried Pteris, grind them into powder, take two qian per dose, boil with a bowl of water, and drink it.
4. Treatment for prolapse of the anus: Take finely chopped Wood Lotus with skin and seeds, stir-fry them, and add Poria cocos and Poria cocos, grind them into powder, take two qian per dose, and drink with rice soup. This prescription is called "Xiao Yang Dan" and is also used to treat nocturnal emission.
5. Treatment for early stage of carbuncle and sores: Take forty-nine Wood Lotus fruits, remove the hair, grind them into powder, dissolve them in wine, and take it warm. Its effect is equivalent to that of Honeysuckle Grass.
6. Treatment for insufficient breast milk: Take two Wood Lotus fruits and one pig's fore trotter, cook them until they are soft, and drink the juice. Breast milk will be unblocked in a day.
7. Treatment for hematuria: Take a handful of Wood Lotus leaves and one part of licorice (fried), decoct them daily and drink a small amount.
8. Treatment for vitiligo, scabies, etc.: Apply Wood Lotus vine juice topically.
