1. White lotus root is neutral in nature, sweet and astringent in taste, and has the functions of clearing the heart, nourishing the kidneys, and astringent essence. It is suitable for people with heart-kidney disharmony, nocturnal emission and premature ejaculation due to yin deficiency and fire exuberance to make tea and drink it frequently. For example, Gujing Pills are used to treat "nocturnal emissions and dreams of ejaculation", and Jinsuo Gujing Pills are used to treat "smooth and slippery sperm". ?

2. The lotus root is sweet and astringent, warm in nature, and non-toxic. Its effect of astringent and hemostasis is used to treat vomiting blood, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, and hematochezia; its effect of clearing the heart and relieving troubles is used to treat symptoms of deficiency, heat, depression, and thirst; its effect of unblocking the kidneys and strengthening essence and qi is used. , used to treat constipation and anorexia.

Extended information:

1. The stem of white lotus is an underground stem (rhizome), which branches horizontally and spreads in the soil. The underground stem in the early stage of growth is called walking whip or lotus whip. Several sections at its front end are obviously enlarged and thickened into "lotus roots".

2. There are nodes on the walking whip, and the nodes can subdivide the walking whip, and densely grow fibrous roots, which can produce leaves and pedicels upward. The internodes of the walking whip are thin and long, with a distance of about 50 cm. They are white, round or oval in cross-section, and have many ventilation holes of different sizes (also found in lotus roots, petioles and pedicels). The epidermis is composed of a layer of closely arranged cells. The outer wall is brown and has a small number of stomata.

3. There are threads in lotus root and walking whip when broken, which can be stretched by about 10 cm. This is the elastic and thickened mucus-like lignocellulose on the wall of the duct, commonly known as lotus root thread. Lotus roots can be divided into main lotus roots, sub-lotus roots and grand lotus roots. The main lotus roots generally have 3-6 sections, each section is 10-20 cm long, the sections are overflowing, the internodes are cylindrical, and the skin color is light yellow. Zi lotus root and sun lotus root were born on one side of the main lotus root.

4. The section at the top of the lotus root is called the lotus root head. There are terminal buds and leaf buds in front of the lotus root head, and there are lateral buds and leaf buds at the lotus root nodes.

Baidu Encyclopedia-White Lotus

Baidu Encyclopedia-White Lotus