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🌿 Herb

Lotus Seed

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Clinical Trials

Meta-Analyses

PubMed References

Top Conditions Studied with Lotus Seed

Stress 1

📋 Sample Trials

NCT03973099

Double Blinded, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Clinical Study for Nelumbinis Semen

Completed

📊 Sample Meta-Analyses

None linked yet.

📚 Sample References

None linked yet.

🌿 All Herb data fields for Lotus Seed

🌿 Names

Pinyin Name

Lian Zi

中文名 (Chinese)

莲子

Latin Name

Semen Nelumbinis; Nelumbinis Semen

English Name

Lotus Seed

Alias Names

的; 薂; 藕实; 水芝丹; 莲实; 泽芝; 莲蓬子; 莲肉

☯ TCM Properties

Properties (性味)

Sweet; Astringent; Calm

Meridians (归经)

Spleen; Kidney; Heart

Part Used

Seed

Therapeutic Class (EN)

Astringent Medicinal

功效分类 (CN)

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🩺 Clinical Profile

Function (功能)

To supplement spleen and check diarrhea, boost kidney and secure essence, nourish heart and quiet spirit.

Indication (主治)

Chronic diarrhea, inappetence, emission, restlessness, fright palpitation, insomnia, flooding and spotting, excessive leukorrhea.

🔗 External References

HERB DB

HERB003376 ↗

TCMID

6604

TCM-ID

1275

🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (28 fields)

name

Lotus Seed

chinese name

莲子

pinyin name

Lian Zi

latin name

Semen Nelumbinis; Nelumbinis Semen

english name

Lotus Seed

properties english

Sweet; Astringent; Calm

meridians english

Spleen; Kidney; Heart

use part

Seed

tcmid id

6604

herb id str

HERB003376

function text

To supplement spleen and check diarrhea, boost kidney and secure essence, nourish heart and quiet spirit.

indication

Chronic diarrhea, inappetence, emission, restlessness, fright palpitation, insomnia, flooding and spotting, excessive leukorrhea.

therapeutic en class

Astringent Medicinal

therapeutic cn class

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tcm id id

1275

alias name

的; 薂; 藕实; 水芝丹; 莲实; 泽芝; 莲蓬子; 莲肉

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📋 Clinical Trials

1 · subject of clinical study

NCT03973099 Double Blinded, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Clinical Study for Nelumbinis Sem

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How relationships are computed

Clinical Trials / Meta-Analyses / References: direct foreign-key link via subject_entity_id (Phase 2d wireup)
Formula ↔ Herbs: text bridge via formulas.herbs_in_pinyin matching herbs.pinyin_name
Herb ↔ Ingredient: empty — needs HERB_herb_ingredient import
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