Prepare 100 grams of fresh lotus leaves and some white sugar.
Decoct the fresh leaves and add sugar to taste. Drink the soup several times a day.
Dry the leaves and cut into pieces. Use the leaves for tea and drink several times a day.
The drink may clear the heat, relax the chest and quench thirst. Long-term use of the drink helps in weight loss.
Lotus leaf and hawthorn fruit
Prepare 10 grams of fresh lotus leaves, 10 grams of hawthorn fruit and 6 grams of coix seed (yiren, available in drug stores).
Cook the mixture into tea and drink twice a day.
The tea expels wind, improves the appetite and lowers blood lipids.
(Shanghai Star 08/20/2001)
