Lotus root is the fat root of a plant Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
Article Content:
- .Basic Botanical Info of Lotus.
- .Lotus Physical Characteristics and Description.
- .Phytochemicals and Constituents of Lotus.
- .Lotus Preparation and Edible Uses.
- .Medicinal Uses of Lotus Seed and Other Lotus Plant Parts.
- .Lotus Use in Magic and Personal Growth.
- .Research Update:Lotus.
- .Traditional Formulas with Lotus Seeds.
- .Lotus Origin and Tale.
- .Research Update:Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn,Lotus root,Lotus leaf.
Basic Botanical Info of Lotus.
Sacred Lotus
Family: nymphaeaceae or nelumbonaceae.
Scientific Name: Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
Preferred Scientific Name:Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner (1788)
Other Scientific Names:Nelumbium nelumbo (L.) Druce (1913);Nelumbium speciosum Willd. (1799);Nymphaea nelumbo L. (1753)
Latin: Nelumbo nucifera
Synonym: Nelumbium nelumbo, Nelumbo speciosa, Nelumbium speciosum

Common name: kamal,lian,egyptian lotus, teratai, sacred waterlily, sacred lotus, bunga telpok.
Common Name : sacred water lotus,sacred water lilly,pink lotus,lian,lian hua,lian ou,he ou,Ou,Ou jie,Ou gen,Ou pian,Ou fen.Lotus is also called Sacred Water Lotus, Sacred Lotus, and Chinese Arrowroot.
Part Used : Lotus flower petals, Lotus seeds, Lotus leaves, Lotus roots;seeds and root (strongest in the nodes of the root) leaves, plumule (the sprout)
Habitat :Found in ponds and swamps
Planet: Moon
Element: Water
Taste: sweet, astringent
Meridians:
seeds and plumule: heart, spleen, kidney
root: lung, stomach, liver
leaves: heart, liver, spleen
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1.Lotus root is the fat root of a plant Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.



