seedpod of the lotus

seedpod of the lotus

(dietotherapy materia medica)

[synonym] lotus seed shell (Haifang), lotus seed shell (Confucianist Affairs).

[source] it is the mature receptacle of Nymphaeaceae. For plant morphology, please refer to "lotus seed" section.

[collection] when the fruit matures in autumn, cut the lotus seed, remove the fruit (lotus seed) and stem, and dry it in the sun.

[medicinal material] the dried flower receptacle is slightly inverted conical, mostly broken, with a round and flat top, 7-10 cm in diameter and 3-8 cm in height. The surface is purplish red or grayish brown, with longitudinal lines and wrinkles. There are many round holes on the top surface after removing the fruit, which are honeycomb like, and there are pedicel residues at the base. Soft as a sponge. There is no Qi and the taste is astringent. It is better to be big and purplish red.

It is mainly produced in Hunan, Hubei, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places.

[chemical composition] it contains 4.9% protein, 0.6% fat, 9% carbohydrates, 1% crude fiber, 1.2% ash, 0.02 mg carotene, 0.17 mg thiamine, 0.09 mg riboflavin, 1.7 mg nicotinic acid and 17 mg ascorbic acid. It also contains trace amount of Liensinine.

[processing] lotus charcoal: take lotus charcoal and put it in a pot, cover it with a pot with a smaller diameter, paste white paper on it, seal the junction of the two pots with yellow mud, calcine it until the white paper is burnt yellow, stop fire, and take it out after cooling.

[flavor] bitter and astringent, warm.

① Compendium: "bitter and astringent, warm. "

② "Materia medica primitive": "taste astringent, warm, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] "Gangmu": "enter the foot Jueyin blood points. "

Functions and indications: remove blood stasis, stop bleeding and remove dampness. It can be used to treat HAEMORRHEA, menorrhagia, fetal blood leakage, blood stasis, abdominal pain, postpartum retained placenta, dysentery, hemodrenching, hemorrhoids, prolapse of anus, skin wet sores.

① Meng Shen: "breaking blood. "

② "Materia medica notes:" the main blood distension abdominal pain, postpartum fetal membranes do not go down, wine cooking service; and staple food wild fungus poison, water cooking service. "

③ "Gangmu": "hemostasis, bleeding, drowning. "

④ Ben Cao Hui Yan: "stop bleeding, diarrhea, spleen discharge. "

⑤ "Grasping the spirit of Materia Medica": "burning ash to stop band collapse, fetal leakage, blood drenching and other diseases. "

⑥ "Classified herbal medicine nature": "disinfection, wind, back flower treatment. "

⑦ "The treatment of nipple dehiscence" in Lingnan caiyao Lu. "

⑧ Jiangsu Zhi Yao Zhi: "treating prolapse of anus. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1.5-3 yuan; or into pills, powder. External use: decocting, washing or dressing.

[optional formula] ① for the treatment of blood collapse in the female, it can be taken either hot or cold: Schizonepeta tenuifolia and lotus seed shell (ash retention). The upper part is divided into fine parts. Every three money, before eating, rice drink soup. (Sheng Hui Fang)

② Treatment of blood avalanche: brown skin (burning ash), lotus shell (burning) each half two, xiangfuzi three Liang (fried). Last is the last. Three or four bucks for rice drink before eating. (Lotus shell powder in Confucian Affairs)

③ Treatment of menstruation and blood: Chen Lianpeng's shell, nature of burning, end of research. Two yuan for each, hot wine. (Ruilian powder in women's experience prescription)

④ Treatment of fetal blood leakage: Lianfang, Shao, Yan, batter pill, wuzida. Take 100 pills, soup and wine every day. (Zhu Shi Ji Yi Fang)

⑤ Treatment of fetal membranes: a lotus house, sweet wine fried. (collection of herbs in Lingnan)

⑥ Treatment of urine and blood drenching: Lotus House, burning, for the end, into a little musk. Two and a half yuan per serving, rice drink, two days a day. (empirical formula)

⑦ Treatment of hemorrhoids: dried lotus house, Schizonepeta each one or two, Fructus aurantii, mint, sodium nitrite each five money. It is coarse powder. Three bowls of water, two bowls of frying, half hot fumigation. (Lianfang Zhike Tang, selected works of high tech)

⑧ Treatment of cleft milk: stir fry lotus for the end, external application. (collection of herbs in Lingnan)

⑨ Treatment of tianpao dampness sores: lotus seed shell, burning, grinding, well mud adjustment and application. (maritime side)

⑩ Treatment of yellow water sores: burn lotus charcoal, grind fine powder, mix sesame oil, apply to the affected area, twice a day. (Xuzhou, selection of new medical therapies based on single prescription)

[discussion by famous experts] ① in the compendium of Medical Sciences: "Lotus House, removing blood stasis and dispersing blood, works as well as lotus leaf. If it is also urgent, it means to treat the symptoms. "

② "The lotus house is specialized in hemostasis, so it is used to burn ash for blood collapse, bleeding and drowning. Although it can stop the bleeding, it is not like the wet bag of brown ash. "

Chinese PinYin : Lian Fang