The Medicinal Properties and Uses of Lotus Herb: A Comprehensive Guide

February 23, 2024

Lotus herb is the common name for the medicinal herb "Nelumbo nucifera". The whole plant is used in traditional Chinese medicine and it has various medicinal properties and uses. The application of lotus herb in traditional Chinese medicine is extensive and its effectiveness and medicinal value are recorded in the book "Jingzhu Materia Medica". So, what are the medicinal properties, uses, and medicinal value of lotus herb?

1. Medicinal Value of Lotus Herb

Studies on rats have shown that lotus herb has excellent hemostatic effects in arterial bleeding tests.

2. Compatibility of Lotus Herb

Twelve-ingredient Smoked Falling Cow Pill: 250g of smoked falling cow, 175g of high mountain violet, 175g of Tibetan monkshood, 150g of small umbrella tiger's ear, 200g of rabbit's ear, 200g of winged primrose, 150g of pigweed, 150g of Szechuan lovage, 150g of lotus herb, 200g of Szechuan small yellow chrysanthemum, and 5g of musk.

Grind the ingredients into fine powder, mix well, form into pills with water, and dry.

Used for treating fever, blood heat, gall heat, and intestinal heat. Taken orally, 3g per dose, 2-3 times a day.

3. Collection and Processing of Lotus Herb

Harvest in summer, wash and chop, then boil and simmer until concentrated into a paste.

Lotus Herb

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