The root of the lotus bud flower is a type of medicine that clears heat and dampness, and has the effects of clearing lung heat, promoting urination, cooling blood, and stopping bleeding. It is mainly used to treat diseases such as lung heat cough, difficult urination due to heat, coughing up blood, blood in urine, and bleeding hemorrhoids. Let's take a closer look at its specific uses!
Root of the lotus bud flower
[Other names] Hong Ling Shi (from "Lingnan Caoyao Lu").
[Source] The root of the plant Mitong in the Labiatae family. Please refer to the description of the plant's morphology in the "Lotus Bud Flower" section.
[Collection] Harvested in August to September and dried in the sun.
[Properties and tastes] Bitter, cold.
① "Lu Chuan Ben Cao": "Bitter, cold."
② "Guangxi Zhong Yao Zhi": "Slightly sweet and slightly bitter in taste, with a neutral nature and non-toxic."
[Functions and indications] Clears heat and promotes diuresis. Used to treat lung heat cough, bleeding hemorrhoids, dysentery, and rheumatic bone pain.
① "Lingnan Caoyao Lu": "Used to treat cough."
② "Compilation of Folk Commonly Used Herbs": "Used to treat bleeding hemorrhoids."
③ "Lu Chuan Ben Cao": "Relieves heat toxins, promotes urination, and treats dysentery."
④ "Guangxi Zhong Yao Zhi": "Clears heat and dispels dampness, treats hot cough, dryness and heat in tendons and bones, and sores."
⑤ "Sichuan Zhong Yao Zhi": "Nourishes blood. Used to treat leucorrhea symptoms, hemorrhoids, hernias, and insomnia."
⑥ "Guangxi Folk Commonly Used Herbs": "Used to treat rheumatic bone pain and jaundice."
[Usage and dosage] Oral administration: Decoction (or decoction with water and alcohol), 1-3 liang (Chinese unit of weight); or ground into powder.
