There are seven or nine transverse round holes, and Ganping Feiwei Zhixue Ling.

[Source] It is Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, a perennial aquatic herb of Nymphaeaceae. Rhizome nodes and the remaining internode parts at both ends.

[Origin] Zhejiang, Hunan, Jiangsu, Anhui and other southern provinces are cultivated.

[Grazing] When digging lotus roots in autumn and winter, cut off the nodes, wash them, dry them in the sun, or use them fresh.

[Shape of medicinal materials] It is short cylindrical, slightly enlarged in the middle, 2-4Cm long and about 2Cm in diameter. It has a grayish yellow to grayish brown surface, with most residual fibrous roots or round root marks on it, and longitudinal lines on the surface of the residual parts at both ends of the node. Light weight, hard joints, difficult to break. There is a small round hole in the center of the cross section and 7-9 large holes around it. It tastes slightly sweet and astringent.

It is better to have dark brown nodes, white ends, dry, no roots and no soil.

[Processing] Lotus root node removes the hair from the original medicine, washes it with clear water, dries it in the sun or cuts it into thick slices.

Mash the fresh lotus root nodes into juice by saving juice.

Take the clean lotus root nodes with the same size, put them in a frying pan, heat them with strong fire and stir-fry until the surface is black and the inside is brown, spray a little water to extinguish the sparks, and take them out after drying, spread them out to dissipate heat and dry them in the sun. After making charcoal, its astringent and hemostatic effects can be enhanced.

[Ingredients] Mainly contains a lot of starch, raffinose, stachyose, glucose, fructooligosaccharide, asparagine, etc.

[Sexual taste, meridian tropism] Sweet and astringent, entering the lung and stomach meridians.

[Function] astringe and stop bleeding. It is used for bleeding, hematemesis, hemoptysis, hematuria, hematochezia and metrorrhagia.

[Prescription Name] Lotus Nodes Fresh Lotus Nodes Lotus Nodes Charcoal

[Dosage and Usage] 9-30g, decocted. Fresh use, can be taken to 60 grams, mashed juice.

Keep it in a dry place.