Description:

无芯 开边 红皮湘莲子（16 oz/包）

湘莲子和白莲子的功效差别如下：

1、湘莲子蛋白质含量高，脂肪含量低，煮食易烂，肉质细腻，糯香鲜甜，总糖、蛋白质等含量居中国三大莲种之首。白莲子富含淀粉、蛋白质及棉子糖等，但其含量不及湘莲子。

2、湘莲子和白莲子都具有补中益气、养心益肾、镇静安神、健脾养胃等功效，不过湘莲子偏重于补气血，而白莲子偏重于清火气。

3、白莲子用于治肺热咳嗽、肺燥干咳、妇女月经不调、胃炎、大便秘结等病症。湘莲子用于清热解毒，补血益气。

性味

甘；涩；平

功效

为睡莲科植物莲的成熟种子。主治脾虚久泻久痢，肾虚遗精，滑泄，小便不禁，妇人崩漏带下，心神不宁，惊悸，不眠。

经脉

心经；脾经；肾经；胃经；肝经；膀胱经

食用方法：

银耳莲子羹

原料;莲子50克，银耳30克，冰糖100克。

做法：将莲子、银耳分别用清水泡发，捞起。把莲子、银耳、冰糖同方入碗中，加清水适量，入蒸笼用武火蒸1小时即可。

莲子猪肚

猪肚1个，水发莲子40枚，香油，食盐，葱，生姜，蒜各适量。将猪肚洗净，内装水发莲子（去心），用线缝合，放入锅内，加清水，炖熟透；捞出晾凉，将猪肚切成细丝，同莲子一起放入盘中。将香油、食盐、葱、生姜、蒜等调料与猪肚丝、莲子拌匀即成。可单服，亦可佐餐。

功效：健脾益胃，补虚益气。适用于食少、消瘦、泄泻、水肿等病症。

Lotus Seeds /Xiang Lian Zi (16 oz/Bag)

Like Lian zi, this is the mature seed of the water lily plant. The differences between Xianglianzi (lotus seed with brown inner hull) and Bailianzi (white lotus seed) are as follows:

1. Xianglian seeds (with hull) have high protein content and a low fat content. It has delicate meat, a sweet glutinous taste, and total sugar and protein content rank first in China's three major lotus species. White lotus seed is rich in starch, protein and raffinose (a complex carbohydrate composed of glucose, fructose, and galactose.) But its nutritional content is not as good as Xianglian seed.  
2. Both Xianglianzi and Bailianzi invigorate qi, nourish the heart and kidney, calm the mind, strengthen the spleen and stomach, etc. However, Xianglianzi focuses more on qi and blood, while Bailianzi (white lotus seed) focuses more on clearing nervous disorders. See: Dried Lian Zi: Item Number: 541216
3. Bailianzi is used to treat lung inflammation and dry cough, women's irregular menstruation, gastritis, constipation and other diseases. Whereas Xianglianzi (with the hull) is used to clear away inflammation and detoxify, and tonify blood and qi.

The taste is sweet and astringent. 

Tradtional Indications are chronic spleen deficiency and diarrhea, kidney deficiency with nocturnal emission, chronic leukorrhea, incontinense, restlessness, panic, and insomnia. It enters the meridians of Heart, Spleen, Kidney, Stomach, Liver, and Bladder channels

Lotus Seed Recipes: 

Tremella Lotus Seed Soup 

Tremella, aka White Fungus, is cooling, moistening and nourishing. Lotus seed is astringent and improves many aspects of energy and health. 

Ingredients: 

Lotus seeds 50 grams, white fungus 30 grams, rock sugar 100 grams. 

Soak the lotus seeds and white fungus in water and rinse. Place the lotus seeds, white fungus and rock sugar into a bowl, add the appropriate amount of water, steam it in a steamer for 1 hour.

Lotus Seed Pork Belly 

Used for spleen and stomach deficiency and weak qi. It is suitable for diseases such as lack of appetite, weight loss, chronic diarrhea and edema.

Ingredients: 

1 pork belly, 40 lotus seeds, sesame oil, salt, green onion(scallion), fresh ginger, and raw garlic. 

Wash the pork belly with water. To stuff it with lotus seed: Add lotus seeds on top and fasten the meat around the seeds with thread. Put this into a pot, add water, and stew it thoroughly. When done, remove and let it cool. Cut the pork belly into slices and put them in a dish together with lotus seeds. 

The sauce: Mix sesame oil, salt, sliced green onion, fresh ginger, garlic and other seasonings with pork belly shreds and lotus seeds. It can be served alone or as a side dish with meals.