What are the techniques for peeling lotus seeds

Lotus seeds are a very common ingredient in our lives and are also a very good tonic. Lotus seeds are rich in nutrients. Many people like to cook porridge with lotus seeds. If you eat lotus seeds for a long time, it will have a significant effect on cancer in pregnant women. Although lotus seeds are delicious, peeling them is a very troublesome task. If you peel them with your hands, it will hurt your nails, so you can also use some methods to solve this problem.

How to peel lotus seeds by hand

Follow the edge of the shower head and peel off the entire side with the honeycomb-like protrusions, leaving only the lotus seeds, one by one, wrapped in a layer of white fibrous film.

Then pick the lotus seeds one by one, peel off the white fiber film first, then peel off the green shell, the tender lotus seeds will be revealed and can be eaten directly, with a light sweetness.

Other ways to peel lotus seeds

Pour boiling water with edible alkali into the pot, put in dried lotus seeds (1000 grams of water, 25 grams of edible alkali, 250 grams of dried lotus seeds), cover the pot, simmer for a few minutes, then use a brush to repeatedly push and rub the lotus seeds in the pot at a constant speed (the action should be fast, if the time is too long, the lotus seeds will swell and the skin will be difficult to remove). After peeling, rinse with cold water until clean. The lotus seed core can be poked out with a toothpick or a fine needle.

The efficacy of lotus seeds

1. Prevent and fight cancer.

Lotus seeds are good at replenishing the deficiencies of the five internal organs, promoting the flow of Qi and blood in the twelve meridians, making Qi and blood flow smoothly and not rot. The nitrate oxide contained in lotus seeds has an inhibitory effect on nasopharyngeal carcinoma. All of this constitutes the nutritional and health-care function of lotus seeds in preventing and fighting cancer.

2. Nourish and replenish deficiency, stop nocturnal emission and astringe sperm.

The cottonseed sugar contained in lotus seeds is a tonic suitable for all ages, and is a common nutritional supplement for those who have been ill for a long time, have given birth or are weak in the elderly.

Lotus seed alkaloids have the effect of calming sexual desire. For young people who have frequent dreams, frequent nocturnal emissions or spermatorrhea, taking lotus seeds has a good effect in stopping nocturnal emissions and astringing spermatorrhea.

3. Lower blood pressure.

The crystals of nelumbinine extracted from lotus seed core have a short-term blood pressure lowering effect. When changed into quaternary ammonium salt, it has a strong and lasting blood pressure lowering effect.

Oxymethyl-liesinine methyl sulfate quaternary ammonium salt has a strong and lasting blocking effect on the vagus ganglion, but it does not cause lasting blood pressure reduction through the vagus nerve; both the spinal cat and dog head cross-circulation tests indicate that its antihypertensive mechanism is mainly peripheral.

The non-crystalline bioalkali Nn-9 in lotus seed core has a strong antihypertensive effect. Intravenous injection of 1 to 2 mg/kg in anesthetized cats can reduce the original blood pressure level by about 50% and maintain it for 2 to 3 hours; the dog's blood pressure recovers in half an hour; but the rabbit's blood pressure does not drop.

There is rapid tolerance. Further experiments have shown that the blood pressure lowering mechanism of this bioalkaloid is mainly to release histamine, which causes peripheral vasodilation, and is secondly related to neural factors.