Lotus of medicinal value

Lotus child

Red Lotus seeds

Cupule

Qinglian child

Name: Lotus

Categories: debt astringent medicines

Pinyin: LIAN ZI

Latin: Semen Nelumbinis

Alias: Lotus real; hasumi, Peter, bereft child

Parts: mature seeds

Medicinal properties: slightly oval, or class spherical, long 1.2 ~ 1.8cm, diameter 0.8 ~ 1.4cm. Surface pale yellow brown to red brown, a thin vertical line and wide veining. End of the Center is papillation, dark brown, RIP, its surrounding a settlement. Quality hard, thin, not easy to peel off skin. Cotyledons 2, yellow-white, hypertrophy, there are clearance with green Lotus. No odour, taste sweet, slightly astringent: Lotus bitter.

Cultivation: origin: Hunan, Fujian, Jiangsu

Harvest processing: autumn fruit ripe harvest Lotus. Remove the Peel fruit, remove, dry.

Authentic evolution:

Sexual tastes by: flat; Gan, astringent, spleen, kidney, heart

Function indications: kidney and spleen antidiarrheal, astringent, yangxinanshen. For a long time purging of the spleen, the palpitation of experimentation with insomnia.

Dosage: oral: decoction, 6 ~ 15g; or into pills, powders.

Taboo: swelling of the expansion in full, constipation is forbidden.

Notes: a modern pharmacology research confirmed that the seeds have a sedative, strong heart, anti-aging, and other effects. According to the justices of the San Hui fang, hasumi 30 g yanmo, first with just 100 g rice, then join Lotus seeds, stirring well taken, you can fill in Chi, Yi and ears. Use Lotus seeds 30 g, 30 g, pork stew with food; or use Lotus seeds 30 g, Lily 30 g, crystal sugar water to drink in moderation, stew, and elderly people in particular brain workers often have to yangxinanshen, enhance memory, improve work efficiency. Lotus Blue Nun germ called Lotus. Lotus bitter, of cold, with a pure heart, to heat, hemostasis, astringent finish function, can treatment; the one with the insomnia irritable, vomiting blood dengzheng experimentation. Use Lotus bubble Shui Yin or yanmo ingested, suitable for fire-body. Lotus and Lotus seed eating, Ching-calming, fitness and longevity.

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