Bencao Index https://bencaoindex.com/ https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/lian-zi-xin/ Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice. <a href="https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/lian-zi-xin/">Bencao Index</a> lian zi xin 莲子心 Nelumbinis Plumula Lotus Plumule renshin yeojasim Nourish Heart, Calm Spirit Heart Pericardium

Drains Heart Fire, calms the Shen and relieves irritability

Heat at the Ying level invading the Pericardium, with high fever, confusion or delirium and restlessness Irritability or sleeplessness from Heart Fire Thirst

Stops bleeding and secures Jing

Vomiting of blood, ulcers of the tongue or spermatorrhea, taken as a powder