“The lotus is one of the earliest plants among angiosperms and is known as a living fossil. Lotus is also known as lotus, lotus flower and water hibiscus, and there are about 200 different species in China, which is one of the most cultivated countries in the world. The whole lotus plant can be used as medicine, such as lotus root (rhizome), lotus leaf, lotus flower, lotus beard (stamen), lotus house (receptacle), lotus seed, lotus heart (the green embryo in the middle of lotus seed), etc. The small leaves of the lotus float above the water surface, while the large leaves stand on the water surface, resembling an umbrella. The fresh lotus leaves are fragrant and have the effect of raising clear air and aiding digestion, so they can be used with meals such as rice with lotus leaves and steamed chicken with lotus leaves. The lotus flower is closely related to our life, and there are records of its medicinal use since the Qin and Han dynasties. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hua Tuo, a famous doctor in the history of Chinese medicine, applied a poultice made of lotus root bark after suturing a wound, and the wound healed in four or five days. After tasting all kinds of herbs in the Han Dynasty, Shen Nong described the medicinal and health functions of lotus root in the Shennong Ben Cao Jing. Lotus root contains protein, starch, vitamin C and other nutrients, crisp and juicy, can be eaten raw, but also used to make soup, stir-fry, dessert, such as filling the hollow tube of lotus root with glutinous rice, steamed and fragrant. The lotus flower is not only beautiful on the outside, but also has true inner beauty. It is used for relieving summer heat and thirst, headache and dizziness, spleen deficiency and abdominal distension, diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding; 15 to 30 grams of each fresh product is taken in a decoction. In high summer, use one and a half pounds of winter melon, half of lotus leaves, 150 grams of lentils, adzuki beans, raw coicis rice, decoction of water to drink as tea, with the effect of clearing heat and eliminating summer heat. However, people with weak qi and blood should be cautious; it has also been documented that taking too much lotus leaves makes people thin and inferior, so it is not commonly used. Lotus Root: The rhizome of the lotus, commonly known as the lotus root, after breaking, there is a lotus root connected, people describe the emotional desire to break off but still stay, known as “lotus root broken silk. Fresh lotus root is used for clearing heat, promoting fluid production, cooling the blood, dispersing blood stasis and stopping bleeding; it is used for fever and thirst, vomiting blood, nosebleeds, blood in stool and urine. The fresh lotus root can be eaten raw in several portions, or pounded and drenched. For warm fever with depleted fluids and thirst, use five juice drinks (fresh lotus root, pear, water chestnut, fresh rhizome, maitake juice) to achieve the effect of clearing evil heat and quenching thirst with fluids. Lotus root boiled or boiled with lean meat, J fish soup, can strengthen the spleen, blood, spleen deficiency, blood deficiency patients, can be used as food therapy. Among them, the node of lotus root named lotus root, hemostatic effect is even better. Lotus seeds nourish the spleen and calm the mind: The seeds of lotus are called lotus seeds, which are good for food therapy, not only for making lotus seed soup and lotus seed cake, but also as an important raw material for lotus seed moon cake in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Lotus seeds can nourish the spleen, stop diarrhea, benefit the kidneys and strengthen the essence, and nourish the heart and tranquilize the mind. The green embryo in the middle of lotus seeds, called lotus seed heart, is bitter in taste and cold in nature, and functions to clear heart fire and lower blood pressure. The Compendium of Materia Medica contains that “lotus seeds can thicken the intestines and stomach, nourish the essence and stop the discharge, and cure leucorrhea.” Modern research points out that lotus seeds contain lotus seed alkaloids, which have the ability to calm the libido, which is also from the same source as the Chinese medicine considered to tonic the middle and at ease. For spleen deficiency diarrhea, use lotus seeds and japonica rice each a porridge, often eat effective, more serious disease can add lentils, gravy, Huai Shan cooked together, can also be effective; treatment of palpitations and anxiety, restlessness, restlessness, unwarranted tension, you can use lotus seeds twenty, remove the clothes and core, and longan meat ten, sour date 30 grams, boil sugar water to drink, can make the disease ease. Lotus seeds can cure spermatorrhea or slippage, and women’s deficiency belt. The “Compendium of Materia Medica” contains: “lotus beard to fix the essence of the hair, hair, color”. Therefore, modern beauty research is being developed to study the beauty effects of lotus beard. In conclusion, the whole plant of lotus can be used as medicine and has a wide range of uses. After we understand the advantages of the whole lotus plant, we should not ignore its contraindications so that we can use it more correctly. For example, lotus seeds are contraindicated for those with dry stools; lotus beard is contraindicated for those with urinary discomfort; lotus leaves and lotus beard are contraindicated for iron. Clinical use of “lotus”: 1, hypertension: lotus seed heart 2 grams, boiling water for tea; can lotus seed heart 6 grams, far Zhi 6 grams, grass cassia 12 grams, water decoction; can also lotus seed heart 9 grams, far Zhi 6 grams, sour date 12 grams, water decoction. 2, lung heat coughing blood: 30 to 60 grams of fresh lotus leaves, roots, stems or knots, decocted in water; or 30 grams of fresh white foxglove root, decocted in water; or 30 to 60 grams of lotus root, 15 grams of loofah, 30 grams of white foxglove root, decocted in water. 3, pediatric diarrhea: 4 lotus root, 15 grams of pomegranate flower, 6 grams of malt, water decoction. 4, blood in the stool: lotus root 40 grams, white fruit (remove the heart) 30 grams, water decoction; or lotus root 15 grams, white fruit 30 grams, grind, boiling water in 3 servings. 5, pediatric enuresis: 60 grams of fresh lotus seeds, 15 grams of Chinese yam, stewed in water; or add a pair of pork loin, stewed in water. 6, summer sores: fresh lotus flowers and salt a little, pounded and compressed on the affected area. 7, women’s belt: lotus seeds heart 30 grams, 30 grams of Chinese wolfberry, water decoction; can also be lotus seeds 60 grams, 60 grams of gravy, fresh lotus leaf 1 leaf, plus an appropriate amount of glutinous rice porridge, and then add sugar appropriate amount of food. 8, habitual abortion, pregnant women with back pain: lotus seed meat 30 grams, stewed pork belly food or with glutinous rice porridge food; can also lotus seed meat 30 grams, ramie root 15 grams, rice 60 to 120 grams, boil porridge, remove ramie root, eat at will, eat 3 times a day, serve until full term. 9, night sweats: lotus seeds (remove the heart) 7, 7 black dates, 30 grams of floating wheat, water decoction, and served for three days.