Chronic aquatic plants are beautiful, native of mainland Asia. Cultivated in water and lotus ponds, sometimes found growing wild in the swamps. Aquatic plants that grow upright. Thick scaly rhizomes, growing creeper. Leaves and flowers come out directly from the rhizome attached to the mud at the bottom of the pool. Wide and rounded leaf blade, supported by a long stalk and spherical diameter from 0.5 to 1 cm, 75-150 cm in length. Leaves poking above the water, towering up like a shield. Waxy
leaf surface; whitish green color, flat edge, the center slightly
hollowed, the bones scattered leaves from the center toward the edges of
the leaves, 30-50 cm diameter. The
flowers are fragrant, grows towering above the water surface with a
long round and sturdy stems, 75-200 cm long flower stalks. 15-25
cm diameter flowers, stamens many yellow anthers, petals wide, there is
an ankle and there is a double with pink, white and yellow. Flowers bloom all day from morning till evening. After
wilting petals fall until finally left the base interest rate will be
going to pieces, shaped like inverted cones with a flat surface and a
kind of sponge with holes containing 15-30 seeds, the color is yellowish
green, then green and finally dark brown, the center line of 6 -11 cm. Seeds are round like a peanut, found in fruit pits shaped like a wasp nest. Old seeds blackish green color, age approximately 1 month after flowers bloom. The leaves are commonly used as packing materials, young rhizomes and seeds are edible. Buddhists
regard this flower as a symbol of purity, reflected in the various
paintings and sculptures depicting the meditating Buddha sitting on
lotus flowers.Curable Disease:Diarrhea, dysentery, leucorrhoea, nasopharynx cancer, fever, insomnia; hypertension, vomiting blood, nosebleeds, coughing up blood, heart; Give, give, headache, diarrhea and blood urine, anemia, premature;
PART USED:The entire plant. Rhizome, leaves and stems, flowers and pollen, seeds and flowers such as buffer honeycomb / sponge (reseptacle), as well as the seeds sprout. The use of fresh or dried.
USAGE:To drink:Rhizome: 240 g. Boiled or in juice.Leaves: 5-12 g, boiled.Stalk: 3-5 g, braises.Interest. 3-5 g, braises.Stamens: 3-10 g, boiled.Receptacle: 10-15 g, boiled.Seeds: 5-12 g, boiled.Lotus seed sprouts: 1.5 to 3 g, boiled.
HOW TO USE:A. Coughing up blood, vomiting blood:Lotus roots are washed and dijuice, until collected 1 glasssize of 200 cc. Drink, do it for 3-5 days in a row.
2. Vomiting, diarrhea:50 g and 15 g of lotus rhizome ginger or grated dijuice washed,take the water. Drink, 3 times a day.
3. Dysentery:50 g and 10 g of lotus rhizome of ginger, grated or dijuice. Waterfeelings 10O cc of water was added and heated toboil. Once cool add 1 tablespoon of honey, stirringand drunk.
4. High blood pressure:a. 10 g and 15 g of seeds of lotus bud lotus seeds. (Lien sim), boiledwith 350 cc of water until the remaining 200 cc. Drinking every daysuch as tea.
b. Lotus seed bud (lien sim) as much as 10-15 g boiled with waterenough to boil, drink as tea. Can alsobudding lotus seeds finely ground, brewed with hot water, drink.
5. Heat in, gondokan, is also beneficial for heart patientsand liver:100 g and 50 g of lotus rhizome fresh reed rhizome, washedthen cut sufficiently. Boiled with 500 cc wateruntil remaining 250 cc. After chilling filtered, drinks such as tea.
6. Bleeding from the nose (nosebleeds):Segment of the lotus root is washed and dijuice. The water dripped intonose.
