One equals nine, it's the only one that can do it

An aquatic plant can actually be nine kinds of Chinese medicine, and each has different effects. This plant is the lotus. You may not know the lotus, but when it comes to the beautiful lotus, the sweet lotus seed soup, and the appetizing sweet and sour lotus root slices, everyone knows them. Lotus is not only a beautiful ornamental plant and a delicious food, it is also nine different types of Chinese medicine, which few people know. Now I will list these nine Chinese medicines from the beginning.

1. Lotus

According to ancient records, lotus can treat vomiting blood caused by falls. The method is to grind dried lotus into powder and swallow it, one to two cents each time.

2. Lotus Stamens

Lotus stamens are the pistils of lotus flowers. They have the effects of clearing the heart, benefiting the kidneys, astringing semen, and stopping bleeding.

Prescription: For the treatment of male spermatorrhea and premature ejaculation: 100g each of lotus stamen, Astragalus membranaceus seed, Euryale ferox seed, 50g each of calcined dragon bone and calcined oyster, grind into fine powder and use lotus seed powder as paste, make into bean-sized paste pills, dry them in the sun, take 15-20 pills each time, twice a day.

3. Lotus pod

Lotus pod, also known as lotus pod, is the ovary of lotus seeds. Its medicinal function is to disperse blood stasis and stop bleeding.

Prescription for treating women with excessive menstrual bleeding: Burn lotus shell to ashes, grind into fine powder, take 6-9 grams each time, with hot wine.

4. Lotus seeds

Lotus seeds are the seeds of lotus, which have the effects of nourishing the heart, benefiting the kidneys, tonifying the spleen and astringing the intestines.

Prescription: For chronic diarrhea: Grind lotus seeds into powder, take one tablespoon at a time, and drink with rice soup

Treatment of spermatorrhea: Grind lotus seeds, Alpinia oxyphylla and dragon bones into fine powder, take 15 grams each time, twice a day, with rice soup.

5. Lotus Seed Heart

Lotus seed heart is the embryo of lotus seed, which has the effects of clearing the heart, removing heat, stopping bleeding and astringing semen.

Select a prescription to treat thirst that cannot be relieved by drinking water: soak 2-3 grams of lotus seed heart in water and drink it instead of tea

To treat red and swollen eyes, take 6-9 grams of lotus seed heart boiled in water.

6. Lotus Leaf

Lotus leaves, the dried leaves of lotus, have the effects of clearing heat, removing dampness, promoting the flow of clear yang and stopping bleeding.

Select a prescription to treat women with metrorrhagia: 25 grams of lotus leaf ashes, 50 grams each of Puhuang and Scutellaria baicalensis, grind into powder and swallow. 10 grams each time.

Lotus leaf porridge for weight loss, 10 grams of lotus leaf, 10 grams of red bean, 50 grams of polished rice, 50 grams of coix seed, cook into porridge and drink it, it can treat calf edema, eyelid edema, regular consumption has a weight loss effect.

7. Lotus stem

Lotus stem is the petiole of lotus leaf, which has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat.

Select a prescription to treat chest tightness caused by heatstroke: 30 grams of lotus stems, boil them and drink as tea.

8. Lotus root

Lotus root is the underwater tuberous root of lotus, which has the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, dispersing blood stasis, and treating fever, thirst, vomiting blood, epistaxis, and hot stranguria.

Select a prescription to treat fever and thirst: squeeze raw lotus root juice, 25 to 30 ml each time, add honey and drink.

To treat cough with heat and phlegm, take half raw lotus root and half pear, blend the juice and drink orally, 20 ml each time.

9. Lotus Root Festival

The lotus root node is the joint between the lotus root pieces, which has the effect of stopping bleeding and dispersing blood stasis.

Select a prescription to treat nose bleeding. 30 grams of lotus root nodes and 10 grams of gardenia, decocted in water and taken orally.

Can you count them? Are there nine kinds of medicine?