Ngokuthandwa okukhulayo kwemiqondo yokudla okunempilo, imbewu ye-lotus eyomisiwe, ngenxa yekhwalithi yayo emsulwa kanye nenani elicebile lokudla okunempilo, isiba isithako semvelo esidumile phakathi kwabathengi. Ngokungafani nembewu ye-lotus evamile, imbewu ye-lotus eyomile inamathela ezindinganisweni zokulima eziphilayo kusukela ekulinyweni kuya ekucutshungulweni, igwema ukusetshenziswa kwezibulala-zinambuzane zamakhemikhali, umanyolo, kanye nezinto eziphilayo eziguqulwe izakhi. Lokhu kulondoloza ukunambitheka kwendabuko kwembewu ye-lotus kuyilapho kuthuthukisa ukuphepha nokuminyana komsoco.
Inzuzo eyinhloko yembewu ye-lotus eyomisiwe ilele endaweni yayo yemvelo, engcolile-yamahhala ekhulayo. Umanyolo wezinto eziphilayo kanye namasu okulawula izinto eziphilayo asetshenziswa phakathi nenqubo yokutshala, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi imbewu ikhululekile ezingozini zensimbi enzima nezinsalela zezibulala-zinambuzane. Imbewu ye-lotus eyomisiwe, ilanga{3}}omisiwe noma omisiwe emazingeni okushisa aphansi, ayikhihli amaprotheni kuphela, i-fiber yokudla, namaminerali afana ne-calcium, i-iron, ne-zinc etholakala empandeni ye-lotus, kodwa futhi ilondoloza ngokugcwele izithako ezisebenzayo njenge-nelumbo nucifera ne-raffinose. Lezi zimbewu zinezinzuzo eziphawulekayo zokondla inhliziyo nokuthulisa ingqondo, nokuqinisa ubende nezinso. Imithi Yendabuko YaseShayina ikholelwa ukuthi imbewu ye-lotus inganciphisa ukuqwasha, ukuphupha, nokulahlekelwa ukudla, kuyilapho ucwaningo lwanamuhla luqinisekisa ukuthi okuqukethwe kwabo okucebile kwe-antioxidant kungasiza ekubambezeleni inqubo yokuguga. Lapho uthenga imbewu ye-lotus eyomisiwe, abathengi kufanele babheke amalebula aqinisekisiwe ezinhlanganweni ezigunyaziwe futhi bahlole ikhwalithi yazo ngokubheka umbala nephunga lazo. Izinhlamvu{8}eziphezulu zelotus ezomisiwe ziwumbala ophuzi ngokukhanyayo, ogcwele futhi awunazo izinambuzane, ezinephunga elimnandi lelotus kunephunga elibi. Lapho upheka, ukucwiliswa kwabo kusengaphambili kunconywa ukuthuthukisa ukunambitheka kwabo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi isetshenziswa kusitshulu esifana ne-Tremella fuciformis nesobho sembewu ye-lotus,{11}}iphalishi eliyigugu eliyisishiyagalombili, noma njengokugcwalisa ikhekhe, ligcina ukunambitheka kwalo okuthambile, oku-glutinous, nokumnandi.
Ngokukhula kokusetshenziswa okunempilo, imbewu ye-lotus eyomisiwe ayiyona nje ingxenye yezempilo-ekhuthazayo etafuleni kodwa futhi ikhombisa ukwazisa kwabantu besimanje ngezipho zemvelo. Ukukhetha imbewu ye-lotus ephilayo kuyisinqumo esiphusile ekuphishekeleni ukudla okunomsoco nokuphepha kanye nokuzibophezela kwezolimo olusimeme.
