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Alternate Chinese names: 莲藕 lián ǒu; 光旁 guāng páng

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

Use: Alimentary

Properties: Sweet; cold; nontoxic.^✽

Channel entry: Heart, spleen, and stomach channels.

Actions and indications: When uncooked, it clears heat, cools the blood, and disperses stasis, treating vexing thirst in febrile disease, vomiting of blood (blood ejection), spontaneous external bleeding and heat strangury. Treats For this purpose, often simply the juice (obtained by crushing) is used. When cooked, it fortifies the spleen and opens the stomach, boost the blood and engenders flesh.

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