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Exploration of the property,officinal parts,and efficacy of “Lian (Lotus)” |
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DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1672-1519.2019.05.12 |
Key Words
lotus;nature of bright and clean;remove and clear the blood stagnation;clear the heart and cool off the heat;replenishing heart and spleen;nourish blood;promoting yang and dispersing qi |
Author Name | Affiliation | GAO Yuru | Tianjin Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated Hospital, Tianjin 300120, China |
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Lian (Lotus),a perennial aquatic herb,is the original dicotyledon of the nymphaeales in nymphaeaceae. There is an ancient saying that "one lotus can be used as nine drugs",but there are different effects in its different officinal parts. However,they all do not deviate from its nature of bright and clean of Lian. The nature of Lian determines its function:it cannot be stained in the mud with a clean body,so it could remove and clear the blood stagnation,clear the heart and cool off the heat;it is soft,so it could tonify spleen and heart,nourish blood;it is ascending in property,so it could be used for promoting yang,dispersing qi,and detoxification. Through its ability to clean up the filth,remove the disease and the stagnation,the lotus could function in eliminating many diseases. |
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