Lian Zi / 莲子 [蓮子] (Lotus Seed)
Item
Title
Lian Zi / 莲子 [蓮子] (Lotus Seed)
Doc Hay's Shorthand
石連, 石连 (Stone lotus seed)
連子, 连子
Latin name
Nelumbinis Semen
Herb Category
Nature of Herb
Flavor of Herb
Translator's annotation
"When harvested after the first frost, the outer coating of this older fruit has become ashen-black like a stone, and is thus known as stone lotus seed: Shi Lian Zi / 石莲子 or 石蓮...[it's] bitter and cold and eliminates damp-heat while also clearing the Heart and unbinding the Stomach." (Bensky, pg. 883)
Bibliographic Citation
Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press. p. 881
Item Type (DCMI Type vocabulary URI)
PhysicalObject
Format of the digital image
image/jpeg
Rights
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Rights Holder
Photograph courtesy of Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site
Owner of the Collection
State of Oregon
Source (the collection in which this object is found)
Kam Wah Chung Collection
KWC location ID
KWC2007.1.2055
KWC2007.1.2793
KWC2007.1.2875
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