The basic mechanism of constipation is the dysfunction of the internal organs, congestion of the bowels or intestinal loss of nourishment, the large intestine conduction is unfavorable. Clinical mainly divided into cold secret, false secret, gas secret, hot secret. Lotus leaf has a clear summer dampness, ascension of Qingyang (food digestion of nutrients transported to the head and face and other parts of the efficacy, but it is difficult to treat constipation.
Lotus leaf is bitter in taste and flat in nature, and belongs to the liver, spleen and stomach meridians. It has the efficacy of clearing summer heat and removing dampness, elevating Qing Yang, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, and can be used in the treatment of summer heat and thirst, summer dampness and diarrhea, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, and epistaxis due to blood-heat (blood-heat-induced vomiting of blood and nosebleed). Constipation does not belong to the indications of Lotus leaf, so Lotus leaf is not a regular medicine for constipation.
If you feel unwell, please consult a doctor promptly and use medicine under the doctor’s guidance of diagnosis and evidence, and do not use medicine by oneself, so as to avoid damage to the body.