Lotus heart, do not use as medicine arbitrarily

In the field of herbal medicine, there are probably few plants whose parts are almost as valuable as the lotus. Below, I will only talk about the lotus heart.

There are many cultivated varieties of lotus, with flower colors ranging from snow white to yellow or pale pink. It is hardy to U.S. hardiness zone 5. The plant can be grown from seed or rhizomes.

Lotus heart is the heart of the lotus seed, also known as Lien tu tam. Scientific name: Embryo Nelumbinis. Medicinal name: Lien tam. The part used as medicine is the heart of the lotus seed. Lotus heart is located in lotus seeds and is also used in traditional Asian medicine as a sedative and cooling medicine.

Oriental medicine uses lotus heart to treat fever and thirst, spermatorrhea, rapid heartbeat, high blood pressure, anxiety, panic, insomnia, using 1 - 3g per day.

However, lotus heart contains toxins, so to use it as medicine, it must first be detoxified before being used in medicine. That means people must roast the lotus heart, otherwise the roasting will not be able to detoxify the toxins in the lotus heart.

Therefore, when lotus heart is combined with passion flower, the results are increased, but it should only be used for adults, not for children. Because lotus heart is toxic, on the other hand, even adults when using lotus heart have a bitter taste, cold properties, so people with heat in their body drink it to cool down, feel refreshed, and sleep well.

On the contrary, people with heat deficiency can sleep after taking it, but in the long term, they will become tired, lose memory, and have irregular heartbeats. If lotus heart is used for a long time, it can affect physiological functions and reduce sexual desire. Due to its high alkaloid content, lotus heart has strong pharmacological effects and affects the heart, so it is necessary to pay attention to the dosage and should not be used for a long time.

People with yin deficiency (should not use) can sleep after drinking it, but after a while they will become tired, lose memory, have irregular heartbeats, and have arterial occlusion. Men will have erectile dysfunction, and women will have irregular menstruation. In addition, lotus heart, if not processed properly, will contain toxins. These toxins destroy brain, kidney, and heart cells.

As for using yellow-roasted lotus heart, it means roasting it so that it is no longer green and not burnt black (roasting to preserve its properties) or not roasting it is like using a double-edged sword (because not roasting it will not remove the toxins in the lotus heart).

Traditional and folk medicine have very simple, non-toxic, easy-to-make dishes to cure insomnia, such as pumpkin and sweet potato soup, lotus seed and longan tea, acacia leaves or young mulberry leaves stir-fried with eggs, longan vine decoction, and sensitive plant also help reduce insomnia, palpitations, nervous breakdown, anxiety, stress due to overwork, and physical weakness.

Below are some remedies from lotus heart.

* Clears the mind, removes worries, stops bleeding and astringes essence, used to calm the nerves, treat high fever, delirium, palpitations, and high blood pressure. Includes lotus heart, chrysanthemum, pagoda tree flower, and cassia seed, each in equal amounts, mix well, take 1.5 - 3g each time, put in tea to drink during the day.

* Treat high blood pressure, blurred vision, and headaches: 4g lotus heart, 10g pagoda tree flower, 8g chrysanthemum flower. Fry the three ingredients until golden brown, brew like tea and drink daily.

According to Dr. Hoang Xuan Dai - Agriculture - nt