The difference is that the color of the fruit is different. Red lotus seed is red heart and white lotus seed is white heart.

Lotus seed introduction:

Lotus seed, Chinese medicine name. For the water lily family plant lotus dry mature seeds. Distributed in the north and south provinces of China. It has the effect of tonifying the spleen, stopping diarrhea, stopping the belt, benefiting the kidney and astringent essence, nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind. Commonly used in spleen deficiency and diarrhea, palpitations and insomnia.

Characteristics:

Aquatic perennial herb; rhizome transverse, thick, internodes expanded, with most longitudinal aeration channels, nodes constricted, upper black scale leaves, lower bearded adventitious roots. Leaves orbicular, peltate, 25-90 cm in diameter, slightly undulate all round, smooth and whitish above, veins shooting out from the center below, with 1-2 times forked branches; petiole stout, terete, 1-2 m long, hollow, outside scattered with small spines.

Growing environment:

Produced in the north and south provinces of China. Self-grown or cultivated in ponds or paddy fields. It is also found in the Soviet Union, Korea, Japan, India, Vietnam, southern Asia and Oceania.

Effects:

To tonify the spleen and stop diarrhea, stopping the band, benefiting the kidney and astringent essence, nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind.