When does the lotus root mature? Is it cool or hot? What kind of food do you have?

Lotus root is one of the foods we eat all the year round. Lotus root is slightly sweet and crisp. It can be eaten raw or cooked, and its medicinal value is quite high. Its roots, leaves, flowers and fruits are all treasures and can be nourished and used as medicine. So when does the lotus root mature? Is lotus root a cool or hot food? What kind of food does lotus root match? How do you cook lotus root?

First, when does the lotus root mature?

Due to the different varieties and growth environment of lotus root, the time to market will also be different.

Most lotus roots really mature in autumn, and lotus roots are usually picked from September to October. Some may be on the market in July or August, while some lotus roots may be available after overwintering.

Lotus root is a perennial root plant, which completes its annual growth and development. In an annual growth cycle, it goes through various growth and development stages, such as sprouting, leaf spreading, flowering, fruiting, lotus root, dormancy and so on. The lotus root of early-maturing varieties generally entered the lotus root stage in early July, while the mid-late-maturing varieties entered this period in late July or early August.

Autumn and winter is the best season to eat lotus root. In autumn and winter, using the stewed lotus root stewed sparerib soup dug up in the autumn and winter season is not only nutritious and delicious, but also can drive out the cold, which is the most suitable seasonal diet.

Is the lotus root a cool or hot food?

From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, lotus root is cool and tastes sweet, entering the heart, spleen and stomach meridian, which belongs to cold food, which has a variety of effects, such as clearing heat, promoting fluid, cooling blood, dispelling blood stasis, tonifying spleen, appetizer, antidiarrhoea and so on.

From a nutritional point of view, lotus root belongs to alkaline food, lotus root contains a lot of iron, calcium, phosphorus and other minerals, after digestion, a variety of mineral components make metabolites alkaline.

1. The nature of lotus root is cold, therefore, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, people with cold physique and cool physique are not suitable to eat lotus root, especially raw lotus root.

two。 Lotus root contains a lot of starch, therefore, obese people and people with diabetes are not suitable to eat too much lotus root.

3. Lotus root is a cold food, children and menstrual women are not suitable to eat too much lotus root.

What kind of food does lotus root match?

1. Soybean

Soybeans are rich in iron and cannot be eaten with lotus roots, which are rich in cellulose, because cellulose affects the absorption of iron by the human body.

2. Pig liver

The lotus root contains cellulose, and the uronic acid in the fiber can form a mixture with trace elements such as iron, copper and zinc in pig liver, reducing the absorption of these elements by the human body.

Fourth, how to make lotus root delicious?

1. Lotus root + eel

As the saying goes, "eat sticky at a loss of essence, eat root at a loss of anger." Sticky food and root food respectively refer to eel, Loach, shellfish, yam, lotus root and so on. Eel is the best way to replenish essence. The mucus contained in eel is mainly composed of mucin and polysaccharides, which can not only promote the absorption and synthesis of protein, but also enhance human metabolism and reproductive organ function. The mucus contained in lotus root is mainly composed of mucin, but also contains lecithin, vitamin C, vitamin B12 and so on, which can reduce cholesterol content and prevent arteriosclerosis. The combination of the two has a significant effect on nourishing the body. In addition, lotus root contains a lot of food fiber, which is an alkaline food, while eel is an acidic food, which helps to maintain the acid-base balance of the human body and is a good diet for strengthening the kidney and strengthening yang.

2. Lotus root + pork

From the point of view of the medicinal properties of the food, the lotus root has a sweet and cold taste, which has the effects of invigorating the spleen, appetizer, tonifying blood, promoting muscle and stopping diarrhea, together with pork that nourishes yin, moistens dryness and tonifies qi. The combination of vegetarian and meat can provide rich nutrients for the human body and has the effect of nourishing yin and blood and invigorating the spleen and stomach. It is suitable for the treatment of fatigue, fatigue, weakness, dry cough, thirst and other diseases. Healthy people can nourish the spirit and benefit the energy by eating it.

3. Lotus root + octopus + jujube

Octopus matches with lotus root and red jujube, tonifying but not dry, moisturizing but not greasy, fragrant and delicious, with the effect of tonifying qi, nourishing blood and strengthening bones, and moisturizing the skin.

4. Lotus root + ginger

Lotus root has the effects of clearing heat and promoting fluid, cooling blood and stopping blood, tonifying spleen and stomach, tonifying deficiency and stopping diarrhea. If eaten with ginger with the same effect, it has more than a certain effect on upset, thirst and vomiting.

5. Lotus root + walnut kernel

The combination of lotus root and peach kernel has the effect of promoting blood circulation and breaking stasis. It is suitable for women with postpartum lochia to rule out obstruction or amenorrhea.

6. Lotus root + japonica rice

If the nutritious lotus root is eaten with japonica rice, it has the effects of strengthening spleen, appetizer, relieving diarrhea, tonifying blood and so on. It is suitable for old and weak body, loss of appetite, thin stool, irritated thirst after fever and so on.