The efficacy of dried lotus root and fresh lotus root is the same, only the form of preservation is different. It mainly has the efficacy of astringent, stopping bleeding, resolving blood stasis, clearing heat, and generating fluid, and is suitable for various bleeding disorders, such as vomiting blood, hemoptysis, blood in urine, blood in stool, bloody dysentery, hemoptysis, etc. Clearing heat and cooling blood because lotus root is cold in nature and has a relatively elastic taste, has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood, can be used to assist in the treatment of fever, thirst, constipation, irritability, for patients with high fever, stopping bleeding and dispersing stasis, because lotus root, dry, astringent, flat, firm, can be dispersed and collected, can have the function of astringent to stop bleeding, but also can disperse stasis, so it has the characteristics of stopping bleeding without leaving stasis. In addition, it can strengthen the spleen and appetite because lotus root has a unique fragrance and also contains tannin, so it has a certain effect of strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, as well as laxative. The root contains a lot of dietary fiber and mucilage protein, which can stimulate gastrointestinal motility and promote bowel movement after consumption.