Lotus of Blood has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification (removing heat and toxicity from the body), activating blood circulation, stopping bleeding, dispersing knots and subduing swelling, and is used to treat carbuncle, swelling and sores, blood in the stool, blood in the urine, and other illnesses.
Blood lotus is the whole grass of Da Wu Feng Cao plant of Asteraceae family, also known as octagonal crow, golden cup Yu, one-legged lotus, etc. Taste pungent, sweet, slightly bitter, cool, with the efficacy of clearing away heat and detoxification, activating the blood, stopping bleeding, dispersing knots and subduing swellings, mainly used for the treatment of carbuncle, swelling and sores, blood in stools, blood in the urine, wind-heat colds, scrofula (mainly refers to the cervical lymph nodes nodules tuberculosis), bruises, menstrual disorders and other conditions.
For the treatment of canker sores and poison, it can be combined with dandelion and honeysuckle; for the treatment of wind-heat and cold, it can be combined with forsythia and peppermint; for the treatment of scrofula, it can be combined with seaweed and kombucha; and for the treatment of bruises, it can be combined with panax ginseng and cedarwood.
Adverse drug reactions and contraindications are not clear, if there are symptoms of discomfort, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, prescribed by a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, standardized treatment, not self-medication.