Which lotus is the lotus for clearing plague?

Even the flowers are connected by forsythia, not lotus.

Lianhua Qingwen refers to forsythia suspensa and honeysuckle. It's not called lotus, so it's called Lianhua Qingwen Capsule. It is a Chinese patent medicine for treating toxic silicosis influenza. Besides Fructus Forsythiae and Flos Lonicerae, its main components are Herba Ephedrae, Almond, Gypsum Fibrosum, Radix Isatidis, Herba Houttuyniae, Rhizoma Osmundae, Herba Pogostemonis, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Radix Glycyrrhizae and Mentholum.

It is generally used to treat influenza caused by toxic silicosis. Common symptoms are fever or high fever, chills, muscle aches, nasal congestion and runny nose, cough, red tongue, yellow fur or yellow greasy tongue, which are common symptoms of influenza often treated by Lianhua Qingwen Capsule. When using Lianhua Qingwen capsule, patients are generally advised to quit smoking and drinking, and not to eat spicy, cold and greasy food.

Effect of lotus flower on eliminating plague

A Chinese patent medicine for clearing away heat and toxic materials has the effects of clearing away plague and toxic materials, dispersing lung qi and clearing heat. It is mainly used to treat influenza, which belongs to the syndrome that heat toxin invades the lung, and its symptoms are fever or high fever, aversion to cold, muscle soreness, stuffy nose and runny nose, cough, headache, dry throat and sore throat, red tongue, yellow or greasy coating, etc. In the routine treatment of novel coronavirus, it can be used for fever, cough and fatigue caused by mild and common diseases.