There are no five kinds of people should not eat lotus seed, but it should be noted that, in the fullness of ruffling, stool dry knot people forbidden to take lotus seed. Lotus seed belongs to the same source of medicine and food, its flavor is sweet, astringent, flat; to the spleen, kidney, heart meridian. It has the effect of fixing the essence and stopping the belt, tonifying the spleen and stopping diarrhea, benefiting the kidney and nourishing the heart. Clinically, it is mainly used for treating diarrhea due to spleen deficiency (diarrhea caused by weak spleen function), diarrhea, spermatorrhea, palpitations (rapid heartbeat, often accompanied by panic) and insomnia. Note that the adverse effects of Lotus Seed are not yet clear; the dosage of Lotus Seed should not be too large when used in combination with antihypertensive and antiarrhythmic drugs. Before using Chinese medicine lotus seed, it is necessary to be guided by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner to identify the symptoms.