| [English Name] | Lotus Plumule | |
| [Chinese Name] | 莲子心 | |
| [Pinying Name] | Lianzixin | |
| [Latin Name] | Plumula Nelumbinis | |
| [Genera] | Nymphaeeceae | |
| [Efficacy] | Antipyretic drug | |
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| [Ecology] | It grows in bogs、pond、lake march and paddy field, is wild or cultivated. | |
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Effect on Cadiovascular: Lotus Plumule non-crystallinity alkaloid Nn-9 show lowing blood pressure in anesthesia cat through release histamine to dilatative periphery blood vessels and adjust nerve function. Neferine show antiarrythmic activity on extrasomatic rabbit heart. |
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| [Clinical trial] | Lianzixin are the plumule of mature seed of Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn., which have the effect of clearing away the heart-fire and stop spermatorrhea, and can be used for treatments of insomnia that cause by imbalance between heart-yang and kidney-yin, fire excess from yin deficiency. Eating is the best way for treatment. From the clinic application, Lianzixin are good for the mild insomnia, and diazepam could be used together when effect are not obvious but harm for long term use of diazepam. . | |
| [Properties] | Taste: bitter; property: cold. |
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| [Medical and other Uses] | Function: clearing heart heat, arresting seminal emission, arresting bleeding, quenching thirst. Syndromes to be treated: heart failure, shock, impotence, irritability, thirst, vomiting, nocturnal emission, red eyes, pain and other symptoms. |
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| [Dosage] | Oral administration: decoction, 0.45～ |
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| [Cautions] | Often constipation is not suitable to eat lotus. |
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| [Traditional usage] |
1.Epidemic febrile disease in taiyin, profuse sweating, unconsciousness and delirium 2.Hematemesis caused by impairment of heart |
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| [References] | Pharmacologic Actions: | |