Contraindications of drinking dried lotus leaves in water

The contraindications of dried lotus leaves are not clear. Dried lotus leaf is the leaf of Lotus japonicus, belonging to the liver, spleen, gallbladder and stomach meridians. It has the efficacy of clearing summer heat and removing dampness, elevating clear yang (conveying nutrients from digested food to the head and face and other parts of the body), cooling the blood and stopping bleeding, and is used for the treatment of summer-heat and thirst, summer-dampness and diarrhea, diarrhea from a deficiency of the spleen, blood-heat and epistaxis (vomiting of blood and bleeding from the nose due to blood-heat), and blood-bleeding and leakage from stools and bowel movements (menstruation that is too profuse or drips and dribbles). In addition, Lotus Leaf Charcoal can collect astringency, eliminate blood stasis and stop bleeding, and is used in the treatment of bleeding disorder and postpartum hematemesis. The adverse reactions and contraindications of this product are not known. After the occurrence of discomfort, one should consult a doctor in time and choose medication under the guidance of physician’s diagnosis and guidance, and should not use medication on one’s own to avoid delaying the condition.