Lotus seed as food is generally not recommended to eat raw, as a medicine can be into the decoction for internal use, also into the pill to take.
Lotus seed as food is generally not recommended to eat raw, can be cooked and eaten.
As a medicine, lotus seed is sweet, astringent, flat, and belongs to the spleen, kidney, heart meridian, has the effect of tonifying the spleen and stopping diarrhea, stopping the belt, benefiting the kidney and astringent essence, and nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind.
This drug is mainly used for the treatment of prolonged diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, loss of appetite, kidney qi deficiency, heart-kidney dysfunction (heart fire, kidney yin deficiency, and dysfunction of the physiological functions of the heart and kidneys), spleen dyskinesia (dysfunction of the spleen’s function of transportation and digestion), and water-dampness underflow, etc. The adverse effects and contraindications of this drug are still unclear. The drug is usually taken as decoction or pill.
If you need to use lotus seed medication should seek medical guidance, do not self-medication.