Wowuma muzu wa Lotus, chakudya chopatsa thanzi, chakhala chikugwiritsidwa ntchito ku China kwazaka masauzande ambiri. Magwero ake atha kubwereranso ku Mzera wa Tang. Malinga ndi "Compendium of Materia Medica for Dietary Therapy," muzu wa lotus unali kale ufa kuti udye. Ndi Mzera wa Nyimbo, ndi kupita patsogolo kwaukadaulo waulimi komanso kulima kofala kwa mizu ya lotus, wowuma wa mizu ya lotus pang'onopang'ono adasinthika kuchoka pamankhwala owerengeka kupita ku msonkho wachifumu. "Dongjing Menghualu" ili ndi tsatanetsatane wa supu ya wowuma ya lotus yomwe imagulitsidwa m'malo opangira tiyi ku Bianliang, kuwonetsa kutchuka kwake munthawi ya Mzera wa Nyimbo Zakumpoto.
Mafumu a Ming ndi Qing anali nthawi yofunikira kwambiri pakupanga kachulukidwe ka wowuma wa mizu ya lotus. Mu Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen mwadongosolo zolembedwa ubwino mankhwala a lotus muzu wowuma mu "Compendium wa Materia Medica," kufotokoza kuti "tonifying thupi ndi kudyetsa mzimu, kuwonjezera mphamvu ndi mphamvu, ndi kuchiza matenda onse." Makhichini achifumu a m'nthawi ya Qing Dynasty apititsa patsogolo kupanga sitachi ya lotus mpaka kufika polekezera, akupanga njira yanthawi zonse ya "zitatu-zowotcha ndi zitatu-zoumitsa", kukwanitsa{4}}zowuma bwino, zogayika mosavuta. Chifukwa cha mizu yochuluka ya lotus, Suzhou, Hangzhou, ndi madera ena pang'onopang'ono adapanga masukulu apadera opangira mizu ya lotus. West Lake lotus root starch idalembedwanso ngati msonkho muulamuliro wa Qianlong.
Kupanga kowuma kwachikale kwa lotus kumafunikira masitepe opitilira khumi, kuphatikiza kusankha mizu ya lotus, pulping, kukhazikika, ndi mpweya. -wowuma wamtengo wapatali wa lotus amapangidwa kuchokera ku mizu yakale ya lotus yomwe amakolola m'nyengo yachisanu. Ikaviika m'madzi oyera kuti ichotse kupwetekedwa mtima, imasiyidwa mobwerezabwereza pogwiritsa ntchito mphero yamwala kuti ipeze zamkati, zomwe zimasefedwa ndikukhazikika kangapo kuti zipeze wowuma wa mizu ya lotus. Njira yakaleyi imakulitsa kusungidwa kwa mchere monga chitsulo ndi calcium, komanso zinthu zogwira ntchito monga mucin, zomwe zimapezeka muzu wa lotus. Masiku ano, kupita patsogolo kwaukadaulo wamakampani azakudya kwapangitsa kuti pakhale zinthu zatsopano monga wowuma waposachedwa wa lotus, koma wowuma wopangidwa ndi manja wopangidwa ndi manja amakhalabe wolemekezedwa kwambiri chifukwa chaubwino wake.
Monga gawo lofunikira pazakudya zaku China, wowuma wa mizu ya lotus samangokhala nzeru zaulimi m'matauni amadzi a Jiangnan komanso amaphatikizanso nzeru zaku China zakuteteza thanzi, kutsindika komwe kumachokera mankhwala ndi chakudya. Masiku ano, chakudya chachikhalidwechi chafalikira ku Southeast Asia, Europe, ndi United States, kukhala chizindikiro chachikulu cha chikhalidwe cha ku China. M'moyo wofulumira-wamakono, wowuma wa lotus akupitiriza kupititsa patsogolo thanzi la anthu ndi kukoma kwa moyo ndi zakudya zowonjezera komanso chikhalidwe chambiri.
