The difference between Gorgon fruit and lotus seed lies in the medicinal source, efficacy, and action. The medicinal source of Gorgon fruit is the dried mature seed kernel of Gorgon, while the medicinal source of lotus seed is the dried mature seed of lotus. Gorgon fruit benefits the kidneys and fixes essence, nourishes the spleen, stops diarrhea, removes dampness and stops bandhas, and can treat seminal emission and spermatorrhea, urinary emission and frequent urination, etc. Lotus seed nourishes the spleen, stops diarrhea, stops bandhas, benefits the kidneys and astringes essence, etc., and can treat diarrhea of a deficient spleen, bandhas, and seminal emission.
The medicinal source of Gorgon fruit is the dried mature seed kernel of Gorgon plant of Water lily family, which has the effect of benefiting the kidney and fixing essence, tonifying the spleen, stopping diarrhea, removing dampness and stopping leucorrhea, and can be used for the treatment or improvement of seminal emission and slippery spermatozoa, frequent urination and urination, prolonged diarrhea due to deficiency of the spleen, leucorrhea (turbidity of the urine such as white slurry), and leucorrhea.
Lotus seed is the dried mature seeds of Lotus japonicus, which has the effects of tonifying the spleen, stopping diarrhea, stopping the band, benefiting the kidneys and astringent essence, and nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind, and can be used for the treatment of diarrhea due to deficiency of the spleen, subluxation of the bands, spermatorrhea, and palpitations and insomnia.
Gorgon fruit and lotus seed part of the efficacy, role is similar, but there are still some differences, so the specific choice of which drugs should be in the TCM physician under the guidance of the identification, do not use their own blind use of Chinese herbs, so as not to cause damage to the organism.