Description

lotus node (oujie)

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 & taste: sweet, astringent and neutral

meridians: liver, lung and stomach

functions: to promote healing and stop bleeding

indications & combinations: hemorrhages, especially cough with blood and vomiting with blood. Lotus node (oujie) is used with bletilla tuber (baiji), biota tops (cebaiye) and imperata rhizome (baimaogen).

dosage: 10-15 g