Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

lián ròu / 莲肉 / 蓮肉 / lotus seed

Latin pharmacognostic name: Nelumbinis Semen

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Alternate Chinese names: 石莲肉 shí lián ròu; 莲子肉 lián ròu

Origin: Plant

Use: alimentary

Category: Astringent agents / Intestine-astringing diarrhea-checking agents

Properties: As for 莲子. This is the seed within the fruit.

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Quality:

Large plump hard seeds with black seed coats are the best.

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Produced chiefly Húnán, Húběi, Fújiàn, Jiāngsū, Zhèjiāng, and Jiāngxī, with Húnán producing the best and Fújiàn producing the most; also produced in Shāndōng, ānhuī, Shānxī, Hénán, Liáoníng, Hēilóngjiāng, Yúnnán, Guìzhōu, and Shǎnxī (Shaanxi).