1. The difference between red lotus seeds and white lotus seeds is the seeds of lotus plants in the lotus family. When the fruit is ripe in autumn, cut the lotus, take out the fruit, remove the peel and dry it in the sun to become red lotus seeds. After processing and peeling, red lotus seeds become white lotus seeds.

2. Lotus seed: it is a dry and mature seed of Nelumbo nucifera. Conical, with an average spike weight of about 500 grams. The fruit grain density is moderate and mature. The fruit powder is medium, the skin is thick, the flesh is slightly brittle, tasteless, the skin is slightly astringent, the core is not sticky, and the soluble solid content is 13%- 15%. All parts of the genus Nelumbo, such as lotus root, lotus node, lotus root powder, lotus stalk, lotus leaf pedicle, lotus leaf, lotus, lotus whisker, lotus house, lotus coat and lotus plumule, can also be used as medicine to make nourishing or therapeutic food.

3. Lotus seeds include red lotus seeds, white lotus seeds and stone lotus seeds. Stone lotus seed refers to the lotus seed with black exocarp that is peeled off or naturally shed by mature lotus. Red lotus seeds refer to lotus seeds with red fruits, which are generally divided into two types: seeded and seedless. White lotus seeds refer to lotus seeds with white fruits, with and without seeds.

4. The nature and function of lotus seeds: Red lotus seeds and white lotus seeds are both food and medicine, and they are good supplements. Lotus seeds are sweet, astringent and flat. Spleen, kidney and heart meridian. Tonify spleen and stomach, astringe essence, nourish heart and soothe nerves. For chronic diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, anorexia and nocturnal emission, palpitation and insomnia. The usual dose is 6 ~ 15g. Lotus seeds have the functions of nourishing the heart, tonifying the kidney, strengthening the spleen and astringing the intestines. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that lotus seeds "protect the heart and kidney, thicken the stomach and intestines, strengthen healthy qi, strengthen bones and muscles, tonify deficiency, benefit eyes and ears, dispel cold and dampness, stop spleen from discharging dysentery for a long time, be red and white, and women's blood collapse". "Shennong Baicao Jing" records: "Lotus tonifies the middle, benefits qi, eliminates all diseases, strengthens the body and prolongs life". Modern Chinese medicine believes that Tongxinluo Anbaili has the functions of invigorating stomach and spleen, moistening lung and nourishing heart, nourishing yin and blood, and consolidating kidney and body constitution.