Lotus Leaf / He Ye (16oz) 1 each

Lotus Leaf / He Ye (16oz)

For the convenience of mailing, this lotus leaf product will be folded and packaged. 

Lotus leaf tea can serve as a "cold" tea that helps dispel pathogenic heat, promote urination, benefit the spleen and stomach, and stop bleeding. It has long been recommended as a slimming drug in China. 

Lotus leaves and root extracts have long been used in traditional Chinese medicine to help regulate the menstrual cycle and stop excess bleeding. There isn’t a lot of scientific research to back these claims. Some practitioners suggest that drinking lotus root juice or lotus soup can help you avoid anemia after menstruation by building blood to replace what was lost.

From the manufacturer: 

The leaves are mostly folded into a semicircle or fan shape and are like a round shield when unfolded, with a diameter of 20-50 cm, and the entire edge or slightly wavy. The upper surface is dark green or yellow-green and rough; the lower surface is light gray-brown and smooth, with 21-22 thick veins, which shoot out from the center to the surroundings, and there are protruding petiole residues in the center. Crisp and easily broken. 

It has a slight fragrance and a slightly bitter taste. It enters the Heart, Liver, Spleen, Gallbladder, and Lung meridians. 

Indications: To clear away heat, to clear yang, cool blood to stop bleeding. Used for heat polydipsia, heat dampness diarrhea, spleen deficiency diarrhea, dizziness, blood-heat vomiting, bloody stool, uterine bleeding. The lotus leaf charcoal collects astringent, removes blood stasis, and stops bleeding. Used for a variety of hemorrhages and postpartum halos. 

Dosage: Oral administration: decoction, 3~10g (fresh product 15~30g)

External use: appropriate amount, pound or decocted to wash.

Cautions: 

1. Ascending and dispersing consumption, [Do not use during weakness with excess sweating] 
2.  [Avoid use during pregnancy]

Diet therapy

1. Hawthorn Cassia lotus leaf soup  

Ingredients:

Hawthorn and cassia seed 15g each, half-piece of a lotus leaf

Slice the hawthorn, shred the lotus leaf, and boil together with cassia seeds.

Take the juice and drink it as tea.  

[Cassia seed clears liver heat, sharpens eye sight, lubricates intestines and promotes bowel movements. Cassia seed is often used in conditions like painful and red eyes, teary eyes, eye sensitivity to light exposure, glaucoma, hypertension, headache, dizziness, dim or blurred vision, and constipation.]

Cassia Seed/Jue Ming Zi (16 oz) 

Suitable for coronary heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, etc. Cassia seed can inhibit the increase of serum cholesterol, inhibit the formation of aortic atherosclerotic plaque, and its water extract has a hypotensive effect. The lotus leaf has the effects of quenching thirst, dispelling blood stasis, helping the spleen and stomach, and reducing edema. It can be used in combination with hawthorn to remove fat and reduce blood pressure, lose weight, and fitness.  

1. Lotus porridge  

Ingredients:

One fresh lotus leaf and 60 grams of rice. Use rice to cook the porridge.

When it is cooked, wash the lotus leaves and cover the porridge, and simmer the lotus leaves to light green. Take 2 times a day. 

Effects: It can clear heat, dissipate blood congestion, lose weight, calm the heart and replenish qi.  

1. Patchouli, lentil and lotus drink  

Ingredients:

30 grams of fresh Huo Xiang (Patchouli), 30 grams of fresh lotus leaves, 30 grams of fresh lentil (white lentil) juice. Soak those 3 ingredients in boiling water and drink frequently instead of tea.  

Effects: To clear the heat and refresh the mind. Indications of heatstroke or nausea and vomiting caused by heat.