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🌿 Herb

Lotus Plumule

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Clinical Trials
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Meta-Analyses
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PubMed References
📋 Sample Trials
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📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
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📚 Sample References
PMID 34821900
Protective effect of sterols extracted from Lotus plumule on ethanol-induced injury in GES-1 cells in vitro
Food Funct · 2021
🌿 All Herb data fields for Lotus Plumule
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Lian Zi Xin
中文名 (Chinese)
莲子心
Latin Name
Plumula Nelumbinis; Nelumbinis Plumula
English Name
Lotus Plumule
Alias Names
薏; 苦薏; 莲薏; 莲心
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Bitter; Cold
Meridians (归经)
Heart; Kidney
Part Used
Dried plumule and radicle in seed
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Astringent Medicinal
功效分类 (CN)
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🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To remove heat from the heart and calm the nerves, to restore the coordination between the heart and the kidney, to check emission, and to arrest bleeding.
Indication (主治)
Heat entering pericardium, clouded spirit with delirious speech, non-interaction of heart and kidney, insomnia and emission, blood ejection due to blood heat, hypertension.
🔗 External References
SymMap
TCMID
5124
TCMSP
244
TCM-ID
1276
🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (30 fields)
name
Lotus Plumule
chinese name
莲子心
pinyin name
Lian Zi Xin
latin name
Plumula Nelumbinis; Nelumbinis Plumula
english name
Lotus Plumule
properties english
Bitter; Cold
meridians english
Heart; Kidney
use part
Dried plumule and radicle in seed
symmap herb id
244
tcmid id
5124
tcmsp id
244
herb id str
HERB003378
function text
To remove heat from the heart and calm the nerves, to restore the coordination between the heart and the kidney, to check emission, and to arrest bleeding.
indication
Heat entering pericardium, clouded spirit with delirious speech, non-interaction of heart and kidney, insomnia and emission, blood ejection due to blood heat, hypertension.
therapeutic en class
Astringent Medicinal
therapeutic cn class
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tcm id id
1276
alias name
薏; 苦薏; 莲薏; 莲心
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