How to Plant Lotus Leaves? Detailed Planting Methods and Steps for Lotus Leaves

Lotus leaves, also known as lotus flower stems or lotus stems, have been praised for thousands of years for their unique character and temperament as well as their cultural charm, and have been cultivated in China for more than three thousand years. So, how do you plant lotus leaves?

1. How to plant lotus leaves?

If planting on a small scale, you can use a pot. Fill the pot with more than 10 cm of fertile soil, pour in water to cover the soil layer by more than 5 cm, and plant the seed lotus rhizome in the pot soil; for large-scale planting, you can choose to insert the seed lotus rhizome directly into low-lying land, or cultivate it in an enclosed pond by laying a layer of plastic film on the bottom of the pond, pouring in 10-15 cm of fertile soil, and then irrigating before planting.

2. Effects and Value of Lotus Leaves

1. They mainly contain nuciferine, citric acid, malic acid, gluconic acid, oxalic acid, succinic acid and other alkaline components with anti-mitotic effects. Pharmacological research has found that lotus leaves have antipyretic, antibacterial and antispasmodic effects.

2. The root (lotus rhizome) and leaves of the lotus have a simple diuretic and laxative effect. The leaves also have the same effect. Infusions and decoctions of lotus leaves can dilate blood vessels, clear heat and relieve summer heat, have a blood pressure-lowering effect, and are also a good medicine for weight loss. Lotus leaf tea can also significantly reduce the content of triglycerides and cholesterol in serum, and has a health-care effect of regulating blood lipids. Therefore, drinking this tea regularly can help lower lipids and blood pressure and promote weight loss.

3. Lotus leaf tea is not a medicine. Although it does not take effect as quickly as medicine, it has no side effects at all. For the “three highs”, namely high blood pressure, high blood lipids and high cholesterol, and for people who want to lose weight, it is the most ideal choice, so you may as well drink more lotus leaf tea.

4. After processing, lotus leaves taste bitter and astringent, slightly salty, and are pungent and cool in nature. They have effects such as clearing summer heat and removing dampness, raising yang and dispersing, and removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding, and have a certain curative effect on many diseases. They clear summer heat and remove dampness, raise and disperse smooth yang, and stop bleeding. They treat summer-damp diarrhea, dizziness, water-gas edema, thunder-head wind, hematemesis, epistaxis, abnormal uterine bleeding, bloody stool, and postpartum dizziness due to blood loss.

5. As a cooking ingredient, its fresh fragrance can enhance flavor and cut greasiness. It is often used to wrap roasted foods or wrapped dishes, such as lotus leaf rice. The lotus is a famous ornamental plant. When conditions permit, you can plant some, which not only beautifies the environment but also has relatively high edible and medicinal value.