Lesser known therapeutic uses of lotus leaves

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The ingredients from the lotus plant such as: seeds, heart, lotus root, root... are raw materials for processing into delicious dishes such as salad, tea, soup..., have sedative effects, treat insomnia. sleep...

Lotus leaves also have very good uses that few people know such as treating insomnia, treating dengue fever, coughing up blood... very effective.

Here are some uses of lotus leaves:

- Treatment of dehydration: People with diarrhea have just recovered, the body is lacking water. Just take young lotus leaves (the kind of leaves that are still unopened, the better) wash, cut into small pieces, squeeze the juice to drink several times a day. Or chopped, mixed with vegetables, eaten raw every day.

- Cure bad blood that does not come out after giving birth: Fragrant lotus leaves 20-30 g, finely ground, drink with water, or decoction with 200 ml of water and 50 ml of water to drink once a day.

- Cure insomnia: 30g lotus leaf, washed, finely chopped, dried well (or boiled in boiling water) to drink, has a greater effect than lotus heart.

- Treatment of dengue fever: 40g lotus leaf, 40g lotus root or grass, 30g pennywort, 20g plantain seeds, excellent drink a day. If bleeding is heavy, the dose of leaves and lotus root can be increased to 50-60 g.

- Cure bleeding, nosebleeds, bloody diarrhea: 40 g lotus leaf to live, 12 g centella asiatica, finely chopped with 400 ml of water to 100 ml, drink twice a day.

- Coughing up blood, vomiting blood: Lotus leaf, lotus root, birth ground (30g each), cypress, wormwood (20g each). All finely chopped, dried, excellent drink during the day.

- Cure eye pain: Lotus leaves, flowers (10g each), yellow chrysanthemum flowers 4g, drinking also cures high blood pressure.

- Apply boils: For external use, boil the lotus leaf stem with water to wash it, then wash the lotus leaf, pound it with glutinous rice, and apply it to dissolve boils.

- Prevention of obesity: 1 fresh lotus leaf, 100g plain rice, cooked porridge with white sugar, can also add green beans to increase the heat of detoxification. If fresh lotus leaves are not available, dried lotus leaves can be used, but must be soaked before use. Or drink lotus tea daily.

In addition, lotus leaves bring boiling water, drink instead of tea in hot summer days to fight heat, cool down, cool down, quench thirst.

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