Folium Nelumbinis

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Name: Folium Nelumbinis
Resource: The leaf of Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn,family Nymphaeaceae.
Characteristic: Leaves rounded,sometimes folded into semi-circular or solding-fan shaped,20-50 cm in diameter,margin entire,with about 21 radiate midrib veins,bearing remnants of petiole bases in the middle of the dorsal side.The dried samples yellow-green.Slightly bitter in taste,mild in nature,and attributive to liver and spleen channels.
Pharmacodynamics: 1.Clear away summer-heat,promote the production of body fluid to quench thirst:For summer-heat syndrome with thirst and headache,and diarrhea of summer heat-dampness type. 2.Life up lucid-yang:For diarrhea due to spleen-deficiency,used together with Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae and Rhizoma Dioscoreae. 3.Disperse blood stasis and stop bleeding:For hematemesis,epistaxis,hemoptysis,hematuria,metrorrhagia,etc. 4.Reduce the level of blood-fat:For hypercholesterolemia,hypertriglyceridemia and angina pectoris.
Pharmacological: An active component nuciferine exerts antispasmodic effect on smooth muscles.
Usage: Decoction:6-12g.For reducing blood-fat:50-150g.
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