Lotus seed common aliases: lotus meat, white lotus seed, Jianlianzi, Xianglianzi, stone lotus meat. Sexual flavor and attribution: fresh nature is flat, taste sweet, astringent; dry nature is warm, taste sweet, astringent. Attributes to the spleen, kidney and heart meridians. Nutrition: rich in protein, fat, starch and so on.

Lotus seed, is the water lily family aquatic herb lotus seeds. Also known as lotus seed, lotus rice, lotus meat. Lotus, also known as lotus hibiscus, water chi. Most regions in China are produced, and in Jiangxi Guangchang Fujian Jianning producer of the best. 1985 Wuhan Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the four major lotus nutrient composition of comparative testing, Xiangtan inch three lotus in amino acids, protein and other 17 major indicators all better than other lotus, known as "China's first lotus". Autumn, winter fruit maturity, cut the lotus room (lotus seed), take out the fruit; or take the fall into the water, sunk in the mud of the fruit, remove the husk, fresh or sun-dried, or peeled off the outer skin of the lotus seed and the heart (green germ) with, specially known as lotus meat.