Pharmaceutical Name:

Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis

Botanical Name:

Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

Common Name:

Lotus node          

Source of Earliest Record:

Yaoxing Lun

Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations:

The lotus rhizomes are dug in autumn or winter. The nodes of the rhizomes are removed, cleaned and dried in the sun.

Properties and Taste:

Sweet, astringent and neutral

Meridians:

Liver, lung and stomach

Functions:

To promote healing and stop bleeding

Indications and Combinations:

Hemorrhages, especially cough with blood and vomiting with blood. 

*Use with Bletilla tuber (Baiji), Biota tops (Cebaiye) and Imperata rhizome (Baimaogen).

Dosage:

10-15 g