The lotus root pedicle is called lotus root festival in traditional Chinese medicine. Lotus root joints and lotus root are roughly similar in nature, flavor and function, but lotus root joints focus on hemostatic effect.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lotus root joints are neutral in nature and sweet in taste. Its medicinal use can shorten bleeding time, stop bleeding and disperse blood stasis, and can treat hemoptysis, hematemesis, hematuria, hematochezia, and uterine bleeding.

For example, pound the juice of lotus root joints and drink it, and drop 3 to 4 drops in the nose, 2 to 3 times a day, to treat nosebleeds; decoct 40 grams of lotus root joints, 2 servings a day, to treat traumatic injuries. Hemorrhage in the room; take 40 grams of lotus root joints and whiskers, dry them, add 1 gram of borneol, grind them into powder, and store them in a bottle without air leakage. Take a small amount of powdered medicine and blow it into the nostril of the affected side every 2 hours to treat nasal polyps; remove the hair from the raw lotus root joints, wash them, and marinate them with salt for 2 weeks.

When in use, take the lotus root joints, rinse with boiling water and take it into your mouth, 1 pill at a time, 2 times a day to treat acute pharyngitis.

Lotus root and lotus root joints have mild medicinal properties and rarely cause toxic or side effects in clinical applications, so they can be used with confidence.