Lotus likes relatively stable and calm shallow water, lakes, swamps, ponds and so on. , like light, extremely intolerant of yin. Underground stems are long and thick, with long nodes and round leaves. The flowering period of lotus is from June to September, and it is solitary at the top of the pedicel. There are many petals embedded in the receptacle, which are red, pink, white and purple. Petals are water drops and seeds are oval.
Lotus, the name of Chinese medicine. It is the bud of Nelumbo nucifera in Nymphaeaceae. Widely distributed in north and south. Bitter, sweet and flat. Return to the heart, liver meridian. Has the effects of removing blood stasis, stopping bleeding, eliminating dampness and expelling wind. Commonly used for traumatic hematemesis, bloody stranguria, metrorrhagia and hemorrhage, wet sores and blisters, scabies and itching.