bubble_chart Source This product is the node of the rhizome of the lotus, a perennial aquatic plant of the Nymphaeaceae family. It is found in most regions of the country, mainly produced in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hunan, and Hubei. During autumn and winter, when digging up lotus rhizome nodes, the nodes are cut off, washed, and dried.
bubble_chart Properties and Meridians
Sweet and astrigent, cool. Act on heart, liver and stomach meridians.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Astringent hemostasis.
bubble_chart Indications
Used for various types of bleeding, such as hematemesis, hemoptysis, epistaxis, bloody stool, menorrhagia, and metrostaxis. This herb has an astringent taste and can stop bleeding by astringing, with a slight effect on resolving stasis. It is particularly used for hematemesis and hemoptysis. The fresh herb is cool in nature and suitable for those with heat in the blood; when stir-fried to scorch, it becomes neutral and more astringent, enhancing its hemostatic effect. However, the medicinal strength of this herb is mild, and it is often used as an adjuvant in compound formulas.
bubble_chart Documentation
- Yaoxing Lun: "Pound the juice, mainly for hematemesis that does not stop."
- Bencao Gangmu: "Can stop hemoptysis, spitting blood, blood stranguria, hematuria, hematochezia, blood dysentery, menorrhagia and metrostaxis."
bubble_chart Usage and Dosage
10-15 grams. Decoct and take orally.
bubble_chart Processing and Storage
For raw use or stir-frying to scorch.
bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology
This product mainly contains tannins, Asparagus Root extract, starch, etc. It can shorten the time of blood coagulation.
