There is no authoritative research to clarify the efficacy and role of lotus seed with skin, commonly used in clinical lotus seed without skin, the effects include tonifying the spleen, stopping diarrhea, stopping the band, benefit the kidneys and astringent essence, nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind, for the treatment of diarrhea of the spleen deficiency, with lower, spermatorrhea, insomnia, and so on.
Lotus seed can be used medicinally and is flat in nature. Its effects include tonifying the spleen to stop diarrhea, stopping bandhas, benefiting the kidneys to astringe the essence and nourishing the heart to tranquilize the mind, and can be used for treating prolonged diarrhea of a deficient spleen, loss of appetite, spermatorrhea and slippage of sperm, or leucorrhea (turbidity of the urine such as white pulp), bandhas, as well as heart-kidney dysfunctions (heart fire and kidney yin deficiency, disorders in the physiological functioning of the heart and the kidneys), and deficiency vexation (vexation caused by deficiency heat in the body) and insomnia.
This product can be decocted or incorporated into pills or powder. It is not recommended for people with fullness and distention in the middle and those with dry stools.
Medicinal lotus seeds are generally the dried mature seeds of Lotus japonicus of the Water Lily family, with the fruit taken out and the pericarp removed, while the efficacy and effects of lotus seeds with skin have not yet been clarified. For safety, it is recommended to take concocted lotus seeds. In addition, the selection of Chinese herbs should be made under the guidance of a doctor.