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Lotus Leaf

Lotus Leaf. Class: Antipyretic Detoxicate Drugs. Properties: Bitter; Calm. Meridians: Liver; Spleen; Stomach

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
He Ye
中文名 (Chinese)
荷叶
Latin Name
Folium Nelumbinis; Nelumbinis Folium
English Name
Lotus Leaf
Alias Names
蕸
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Bitter; Calm
Meridians (归经)
Liver; Spleen; Stomach
Part Used
Leaf
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Antipyretic Detoxicate Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
清热解毒药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To relieve summer-heat, to invigorate the spleen function of the spleen and arrest bleeding by reducing heat in blood.
Indication (主治)
Summerheat-heat vexation and thirst, summerheat-damp diarrhea, spleen vacuity diarrhea, blood heat, blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, hematochezia, flooding and spotting.
Clinical Manifestations
An active component nuciferine exerts antispasmodic effect on smooth muscles.
🔗 External References
SymMap
161
TCMID
4171
TCMSP
161
TCM-ID
825
0
Clinical Trials
1
Meta-Analyses
1
PubMed References
📋 Sample Trials
None linked yet.
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
CRD42020193220
Effectiveness of Folium Nelumbilis on Dyslipidemia :a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled Trials
Dyslipidemia is a major risk factor for the occurrence and development of athero
📚 Sample References
PMID 33348773
Improvement of Hypertriglyceridemia by Roasted Nelumbinis folium in High Fat/High Cholesterol Diet Rat Model
Nutrients · 2020