Symbolism of the lotus flower

The lotus flower is "straight and unbroken, out of the silt and mud without dyeing, the Maundy League without demon", pure, noble and modest (high style and integrity), indicating the quality of chastity, purity, innocence and purity. Elegance is revealed in low profile. Lotus is a flower of noble character among flowers.

Lotus flower in Taoism symbolizes the practitioner, in the five turbid and evil world without staining Zhuo, experience achievement.

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The lotus, also known as the lotus flower, is included in China's top ten flowers, which has a variety of names and is known as the "living fossil". Lotus is not only China's ancient and famous edible plants, but also has a high medicinal value, especially for the ancient people of Jiangnan favored, so the annual lunar calendar June 24th as the birthday of the lotus.

Lotus: dampness, summer heat, blood circulation and stop bleeding effect, commonly used in summer fever, hemoptysis, etc., can cure children's heatstroke, external dipping can be used to cure the day bubble sores.

Lotus seed: Hunan's "Hunan lotus seed" is the most famous, with the effect of nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind, used for false annoyance, palpitations, insomnia; fried lotus seed astringent effect to enhance the long spleen to stop diarrhea, tonifying the kidneys and astringent. It is used for diarrhea in spleen deficiency and spermatorrhea in kidney deficiency.

Lotus heart: lotus heart is the greenish germ in the center of the lotus seed, with bitter taste, it has the effect of clearing heat, fixing essence, tranquilizing the spirit and strengthening the heart medical|education.com.cn, it can be used for treating the irritability caused by high fever, delirium, and dreaming and slippery sperms, and it is also used to treat high blood pressure, palpitation and insomnia.

Lotus leaf: fragrance rising dispersal; with summer heat and dampness, spleen, Yang, blood stasis effect; the main treatment of summer heat and thirst, headache and dizziness, edema, less food and abdominal distension, diarrhea, leucorrhea, prolapse of the anus, all kinds of hemorrhagic syndrome, leakage, post-partum dew unclean, damage to the stasis of the blood. Our country since ancient times, the lotus leaf as a good medicine for slimming, because the lotus root (lotus root) and leaves have a simple diuretic, laxative effect.

Lotus root: astringent astringent flavor, both astringent stop bleeding, but also can remove blood stasis, has the characteristics of stopping bleeding without leaving blood stasis, can be used in a variety of bleeding cases, on the vomiting of blood, hemoptysis, and other upper hemorrhagic disease is especially versatile.

In addition, the lotus coat can nourish the spleen and yin; the lotus room can eliminate blood stasis, stop bleeding and remove dampness; the lotus beard can clear the heart, benefit the kidneys, astringe the essence, stop bleeding, relieve summer heat and annoyance, and promote the production of fluids and quench the thirst; the lotus stem can clear heat and relieve summer heat, promote the movement of qi and water, and remove the fire and clear the heart.

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