Lotus leaf is neither cool nor hot, lotus leaf taste bitter, sex flat, can be used for summer dampness diarrhea, spleen deficiency diarrhea.
Lotus leaf is the dried leaf of Lotus japonicus, which is bitter in taste and flat in nature, and belongs to the liver, spleen and stomach meridians. It has the effect of raising Qing Yang (transporting nutrients from digested food to the head and face, etc.), clearing away summer heat and removing dampness, and cooling the blood to stop bleeding. This product can be used for summer heat and thirst, summer dampness and diarrhea, and spleen deficiency and diarrhea.
If there is weakness of the spleen and stomach, distention and fullness of the stomach and abdomen (gastro-epigastric and abdominal distension), and dietary inactivity, it is often used to burn rice with lotus leaves, together with Citrus aurantium dulcis and Atractylodes macrocephala; if there is vomiting of blood and epistaxis caused by blood heat (heat evils causing blood to go out abnormally), it is often combined with Sheng Ai Ye, Sheng Cypress Leaf, and Sheng Dihuang; if there is blood in the stools and disintegration of the blood (menstrual bleeding in excessive amount or more than a few drops), it is often burned with lotus leaves to remove stasis and astringent to stop bleeding.
This product should be taken with caution for people with deficiency in qi and blood, and the adverse effects are not yet clear. If you need to use the medicine, please take it under the guidance of a doctor.