Lian Zi / 莲子 [蓮子] (Lotus Seed)

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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

Channels

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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