Here are some recipes of lotus root suitable for heart disease patients. Please adjust them appropriately according to your own physical condition when consuming.
1. Golden Lotus Pigeon Soup
**Ingredients: 5g dried lotus root, 1 pigeon, 5 red dates, appropriate amount of wolfberry, 3 slices of ginger, and appropriate amount of salt
**Practice**
1. Clean the pigeon and blanch it for later use.
2. Wash the golden lotus, remove the pits from the red dates, and wash the goji berries for later use.
3. Put the pigeon into a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water, add ginger slices, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat and simmer for 1 hour.
4. Add golden lotus and red dates and continue to stew for 30 minutes.
5. Finally, add goji berries and an appropriate amount of salt, and simmer for 10 minutes.
**Effect: Pigeon meat is rich in protein and various trace elements, and has the function of nourishing and nourishing qi. Paired with golden lotus, it can improve heart function to a certain extent, enhance physical fitness, and is suitable for heart disease patients to take care of their bodies.
2. Lotus seed and lily Congee
**Ingredients: 3 grams of dried lotus root, 30 grams of lotus seeds, 20 grams of lilies, 100 grams of glutinous rice, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar
**Practice**
1. Wash the golden lotus and set it aside.
Wash lotus seeds, lilies, and glutinous rice separately, and remove the heart from lotus seeds.
3. Put the glutinous rice into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat until the rice grains bloom.
4. Add lotus seeds and lilies and continue cooking for 20 minutes.
5. Put in the golden lotus and cook for 10 minutes. Finally, add rock sugar for seasoning and stir evenly until the rock sugar melts.
**Efficacy * *: This Congee has the effect of nourishing the heart, calming the nerves, moistening the lungs and relieving cough. Lotus seed can nourish the heart and kidney, lily can moisten the lung and clear the heart, and cook Congee together with Anoectochilus roxburghii, which helps regulate the heart function, alleviate the symptoms of heart palpitations and insomnia that may occur in patients with heart disease, and also has a certain nourishing effect.
3. Stewed pork heart with golden lotus
**Ingredients: 6g dried lotus root, 1 pig heart, 10g Codonopsis pilosula, 3 red dates, 2 slices of ginger, appropriate amount of salt
**Practice**
1. Wash the pig heart, cut it into thin slices, soak it in clean water for half an hour, and change the water 1-2 times during this period to remove blood.
Wash and set aside the golden lotus, ginseng, and red dates.
3. Put the pork heart slices into a stew pot, add golden lotus, ginseng, red dates, ginger slices, and then add an appropriate amount of water.
4. Cover the stew pot lid and place it in a steamer. Simmer over medium heat with water for 2-3 hours.
After stewing, add an appropriate amount of salt according to personal taste to season.
**Effect * *: Pig heart nourishes and soothes the mind by nourishing and calming the body. Codonopsis pilosula can nourish the middle and qi, and when paired with lotus root and stewed pig heart, it can provide nutritional support for heart disease patients, help improve heart function, and alleviate symptoms such as palpitations and shortness of breath.
4. Golden Lotus Apple Drink
**Ingredients: 10g fresh (or 3g dried) of lotus root, 1 apple, and an appropriate amount of honey
**Practice**
1. Wash the golden lotus, peel and core the apple, and cut it into small pieces.
2. Put the golden lotus and apple chunks into the juicer, add an appropriate amount of water, and squeeze them into juice.
3. Pour the squeezed juice into a cup, add an appropriate amount of honey, stir well, and then drink.
**Effect * *: Apples are rich in nutrients such as vitamin C and fiber, and have effects such as reducing cholesterol and antioxidation. Making a drink with lotus root is not only convenient to drink, but also can regulate heart function to a certain extent, promote blood circulation, and benefit the health of heart disease patients.
5. Golden Lotus, Red Dates, and Longan Tea
**Ingredients: 3 grams of dried lotus root, 5 red dates, 10 grams of longan meat, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar
**Practice**
1. Wash the golden lotus, remove the seeds from the red dates, and wash the longan meat for later use.
2. Put the golden lotus, red dates, and longan meat into a teapot, add an appropriate amount of boiling water, and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
3. Add an appropriate amount of rock sugar to taste according to personal preferences, stir well, and then drink.
**Effect * *: This tea has the effects of nourishing blood, calming the mind, and nourishing the heart and spleen. Red dates and longan meat can nourish qi and blood. Drinking them together with golden lotus can help improve the deficiency of qi and blood in heart disease patients, enhance their body's resistance, relieve fatigue and other symptoms, and also have a certain nourishing effect on the heart.
It should be emphasized that these recipes are only for auxiliary conditioning and cannot replace professional medical treatment. Heart disease patients also need to follow the doctor's advice on diet, pay attention to low salt, low-fat, and low sugar diets, control their dietary intake, maintain a regular lifestyle and appropriate exercise. If the condition changes, seek medical attention promptly.