China has the custom of planting lotus flowers since ancient times. As early as more than 3,000 years ago in the Spring and Autumn Period, the lotus root copper pot unearthed in Zhengzhou, Henan Province was cast with a lotus shape. There are poems on the hillside of Bize, and there is a lotus in Pupu.
There are more than 150 varieties of lotus, which are divided into three categories: Hualien, Purple Lotus and Lotus. Hualien is also called ornamental lotus, including ice lotus, four-season lotus and Hongtai lotus. Lotus seeds include Xiang Lian, Jianlian and Xiangrilian. Lotus includes lotus root, lotus root and so on.
Lotus has always been admired by literati and loved by the general public. People regard it as the embodiment of beauty, a symbol of good fortune and love. Moreover, lotus is covered with medicine and has a wide range of medicinal values.
Efficacy of different parts of lotus
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Lotus: warm in nature, bitter and sweet in taste. Function of eliminating dampness and expelling wind, treating traumatic injury and vomiting blood.
Lotus: warm in nature and bitter in taste. Function of removing blood stasis, stopping bleeding and removing dampness. Treat menorrhagia, abdominal pain due to blood stasis, bloody stranguria, hemorrhoids, etc.
Lotus whiskers: flat in nature and sweet in taste. Clearing heart and tonifying kidney, astringing essence and stopping bleeding. Treat wet dream's nocturnal emission, hematemesis and nosebleeds.
Lotus seeds: flat in nature and sweet in taste. It contains a lot of starch and protein, phosphorus, iron and so on. Has the functions of nourishing heart and kidney, strengthening spleen and astringing intestines. Treat dreaminess, chronic dysentery, turbidity, etc.
Lotus plumule: cold in nature and bitter in taste. Has the effects of clearing away heat, stopping bleeding, arresting spermatorrhea and lowering blood pressure. Treat vexation, thirst, nocturnal emission, hematemesis, conjunctival congestion, swelling and pain, and hypertension.
Lotus leaf: flat in nature and bitter in taste. It can clear away heat, relieve summer heat, promote diuresis, promote hair growth, clear yang and stop bleeding. Treat diarrhea due to summer dampness, dizziness, thunderstorm, bloody stool, etc.
Lotus leaf: flat, sweet and bitter. Function of clearing heat and promoting diuresis, nourishing blood and preventing miscarriage. Treat dysentery, diarrhea and fetal movement during pregnancy. Lotus root: cold in nature and sweet in taste. Contains starch, protein, aspartame, vitamin C, etc. Functions: clearing away heat, cooling blood, removing blood stasis, treating fever, polydipsia, vomiting blood, etc. Treat dyspepsia and diarrhea by invigorating spleen, stimulating appetite, nourishing blood, promoting granulation and stopping diarrhea.
Lotus Festival: Sex is flat and taste sweet. Function to stop bleeding and remove blood stasis. Treat hemoptysis, hematemesis, hematuria, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, etc.
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Lotus root rice porridge: dried lotus root powder 15g, japonica rice 90g. Wash japonica rice, cook porridge, add lotus root starch while it is hot, and cook for two or three times. Eating this kind of porridge often can relieve summer heat and keep fit, beauty beauty. Lotus powder: dry lotus is ground into powder, 1~2 times a day, 1 time, with one spoonful of wine each time. Treat hematemesis caused by traumatic injury and hematemesis in heart and stomach.
Fresh Lotus Ointment: Apply a fresh lotus petal to the affected area, 1-2 times a day. Treat acne.
Lotus leaf patch: Mash a proper amount of newborn lotus leaf, add a little salt and apply it to the affected area once a day. Chiyou live egg.
Here is to introduce the efficacy and function of lotus for you. I hope that the flower friends can gain something after reading it.