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Nut lotus is one of the plants of the lotus family, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Nelumbo nucifera Gaerth (N. comarovii Grossh., N. caspica (DC.) Fisch., N. speciosa Willd.). As for the name of the lotus family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Nelumbonaceae Dumort.
Description of the nut lotus
The nut lotus is an aquatic perennial herb that will be found in the Far East and in the Lower Volga region of the European part of Russia. This plant grows in small thickets in creeks, oxbows, lakes, estuaries with silty soil at a depth that does not exceed two meters.
Description of the medicinal properties of the nut lotus
The nut lotus is endowed with very valuable medicinal properties. Such healing properties should be explained by the content of flavonoids and leukoanthocyanides in the leaves and stems of this plant, while alkaloids and flavonoids will be present in the leaves. In the leaves and stalks of nutritive lotus, there are alkaloids, in the flowers there are flavonoids, in the seeds there are also flavonoids and steroids, as well as palmitic acid.
It should be noted that all parts of the nut lotus are widely used in Indian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tibetan and Arabic medicine. A decoction prepared on the basis of the rhizomes of this plant will be used as a rather effective refreshing, sedative and nourishing agent for various nervous exhaustion and exhaustion, and is also recommended as a sedative for cramps, dyspepsia and emissions.
A decoction of the roots of nutritious lotus is recommended for use as an antipyretic agent, as well as an antiseptic agent for leprosy, diseases of the liver, kidneys and spleen, for mycoses and gonorrhea. In addition, such a decoction is also used as an antidote for the bites of various snakes and scorpions.
As for Japan, here the leaves of this plant in combination with other medicinal plants are used to treat cervical cancer. In Chinese medicine, a decoction of the rhizomes of the nut-bearing lotus is widespread: such a healing agent is used as a heart, diuretic, tonic, antitoxic and hemostatic agent. In addition, such a decoction of rhizomes is used for stomach, uterine and nosebleeds, as well as for colitis, chronic and acute dysentery. An aqueous infusion prepared on the basis of the leaves and petioles of this plant is used as a diuretic, hemostatic and antitoxic agent, and is also used for vitamin deficiency.
A decoction of the roots of nutritious lotus in the Far East is used for bronchial asthma and pneumonia, and is also used for the bites of various snakes and insects as an antiseptic and a fairly effective antidote. In the Caucasus, however, such a decoction, prepared on the basis of the roots of this plant, is recommended for use in hemorrhoids and diarrhea. In India and Egypt, the extract of the leaves of this plant is used to treat various tumors.
As a stimulant of cardiac activity in India, a decoction is used, prepared on the basis of the fruits of the nut-bearing lotus. In Chinese medicine, the infusion of the fruits of this plant is used as a hemostatic, tonic, aphrodisiac, tonic, antitoxic and diuretic. In addition, such an infusion of fruits is recommended for use in case of emissions, leucorrhoea, inflammation of the urinary tract and bladder, as well as during nighttime urination.
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