Lotus is an aquatic herb, which generally grows in Shui Ze, ponds, lakes, swamps or rice fields, both wild and cultivated. The maximum diameter of lotus leaf can reach 60 cm, and the maximum diameter of lotus flower can reach 20 cm. Rhizomes are horizontal, thick and swollen internodes. It has many longitudinal stomata and produces hairy adventitious roots. Leaves grow on the nodes, above the water. Generally, it can grow to a height of 150 cm and extend 3 meters horizontally.
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The value of lotus
Lotus flowers generally have different values such as medicinal, edible and ornamental.
1. Edible value: In ancient China, lotus seeds were regarded as precious food, and now they are still high-grade nourishing nutrition. Many places specialize in producing lotus seeds. Lotus root is the best vegetable and preserved fruit. Lotus leaves, lotus flowers and lotus plums are also popular medicated diets in China.
2, medicinal value: "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that lotus leaves can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, promote diuresis and strengthen yang, stop bleeding and lose weight. Among them, the simple components of lotus leaf have a miraculous effect on cleaning the stomach, reducing fat and removing blood stasis. Lotus root can recharge your batteries, stop bleeding and remove blood stasis, and clear away heat and toxic materials. Lotus root can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, benefit water, purge fire and clear heart.
3. Ornamental value: There are several special lotus gardens in China: one is the Garden and Botanical Garden in Moshan, East Lake, Wuhan, which has opened up a large aquatic flower area for viewing and studying lotus flowers. There are also large-scale lotus parks, such as Mochou Lake in Nanjing and the new "Qu Yuan Feng He" in Hangzhou.
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