Lotus Leaf 荷叶
Hé Yè · Nelumbo nucifera (Folium)
Clear Heat 清热- Nature
- Neutral 平
- Flavour
- Bitter 苦
- Channels
- Liver, Spleen, Stomach 肝·脾·胃
- Part used
- Leaf
- Species
- Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
- Origin
- Ponds across China
Traditional actions
Clears summerheat and raises clear yang, cools and moves the blood.
Traditionally used for
Summerheat with thirst/diarrhoea; used in "cut-grease" slimming teas (traditional).