Benefits of Lotus

The lotus flower is full of treasures.

Effects of various parts of lotus:

Lotus: warm in nature, bitter and sweet in taste. Function: dispelling dampness and eliminating wind, treating bruises and vomiting blood.

Lianfang: warm in nature, bitter in taste. Functions: eliminate blood stasis, stop bleeding, and remove dampness. Treats menorrhagia, blood stasis, abdominal pain, bloody stranguria, hemorrhoids, etc.

Lianxu (lotus pistil): neutral in nature, sweet and astringent in taste. Functions: clearing the heart, nourishing the kidneys, astringent essence, and stopping bleeding. Cure nocturnal emission, spermatorrhea, vomiting blood, epistaxis, etc.

Lotus seeds: neutral in nature and sweet in taste. Contains a lot of starch and protein, phosphorus, iron, etc. Functions: Nourishing the heart, nourishing the kidneys, tonifying the spleen, and astringent the intestines. Cure excessive dreams, chronic dysentery, stranguria, etc.

Lotus seed heart: cold in nature and bitter in taste. It functions to clear the heart, remove heat, stop bleeding, astringent essence, and lower blood pressure. Treats upset, thirst, spermatorrhea, vomiting blood, red and swollen eyes, and high blood pressure.

Lotus leaf: neutral in nature, bitter in taste. Function: clear away heat, diuresis, promote hair clearing yang, stop bleeding. Treats summer heat-dampness, diarrhea, dizziness, thunderhead wind, blood in the stool, etc.

Lotus leaf base: neutral in nature, sweet and bitter in taste. Function: clear away heat and dampness, harmonize blood and calm fetus. Treats bloody diarrhea, diarrhea, and fetal dysphoria during pregnancy. Lotus root: cold in nature and sweet in taste. Contains starch, protein, asparagin, vitamin C, etc. Function: When used raw, it clears away heat, cools blood, and disperses blood stasis, and treats febrile disease, polydipsia, and vomiting blood, etc.; when used cooked, it strengthens the spleen, appetizer, replenishes blood, promotes muscle growth, and relieves diarrhea, etc., and treats indigestion and diarrhea.

Oujie: flat in nature, sweet and astringent in taste. Functions to stop bleeding and disperse blood stasis. Treat hemoptysis, hematemesis, hematuria, hematochezia, hemorrhagic collapse, etc.