Lotus Leaf
Folium Nelumbinis, Nelumbinis Folium
He Ye

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; calm

Part(s) used

Leaf

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To relieve summer-heat, to invigorate the spleen function of the spleen and arrest bleeding by reducing heat in blood.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Summerheat-heat vexation and thirst, summerheat-damp diarrhea, spleen vacuity diarrhea, blood heat, blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, hematochezia, flooding and spotting.