Lotus leaf tea, also known as "Lotus money tea", originated from Wen Yiduo, a famous patriotic poet, Chen Kang, the top scholar of the Qing Dynasty, and Wang Tianhu, the hometown of Yao Ge, the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty. It's said that Chen Kang took office in Beijing during the Jiaqing period and brought a little local lotus leaf tea. Lotus leaf tea is mainly based on lotus leaf.
According to the ancient and modern Chinese medicine (food) classics such as compendium of Materia Medica, Diet Manual of living with rest, Chinese herbal tea recipe, lotus core and lotus leaf have the functions of clearing heart fire, calming liver fire, purging spleen fire, lowering lung fire, clearing heat and nourishing spirit, reducing blood pressure and diuresis, accumulating liquid and stopping perspiration, hemostasis and consolidating essence. "Lotus leaves lose weight, make people thin and inferior", China has regarded lotus leaves as a good medicine for slimming since ancient times. In hospitals, fat patients are still allowed to drink lotus leaf tea.