Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕	Semen Nelumbinis Nuciferae
Botanical name: 學名﹕	Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕	renshi
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕	yoncha
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕	lin4 zi2
Other Names: 別名﹕	lian rou 蓮肉, lian shi 蓮實, lian ren 蓮仁。
Common Name: 英文名﹕	lotus seed
Distribution: 產地﹕	Hunan, Fujian, Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi. 湖南，福建，湖北，江蘇。
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕	sweet, astringent, neutral. 甘﹐澀. 平
Channels (meridians) entered:   歸經﹕	heart, kidney, spleen. 心 ﹐脾﹐腎
Medical functions: 藥理﹕
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕	For palpitation, vexation, insomnia: Prescription: lian zi, fu ling﹐ suan zao ren﹐ bai zi ren Boil with water and use as tea.   For shenxu (kidney deficient) with spermatorrhea; excessive bleed not during menses;  vaginal discharge: Prescription:  lian zi﹐  sha wan ji li,﹐ tu si zi﹐ qian shi﹐ shan yao﹐ mu li。 Boil with water and use as tea. For pixu (spleen deficient)  with chronic diarrhea: Prescription: lian zi, bai zhu,  fu ling,  huai shan yao Boil with water and use as tea.   治 心悸，虛煩失眠﹕    蓮子, 茯 苓﹐酸 棗 仁﹐柏 子 仁     治腎虛  遺精，崩漏，帶下﹕    蓮子﹐  沙苑蒺藜,﹐菟絲子﹐芡 實﹐山 藥﹐牡蠣。   治脾虛久瀉﹕    蓮子﹐ 白 朮﹐茯 苓﹐山 藥
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕	1. nuciferine, N-nornuciferine, pronuciferine, neferine, liensinine, isoliensinine, [oxoushinsunine, liriodenine] , nornuciferine, N-methylasimilobine, anonaine, roemerine, armepavine, N-norarmepavine, asimilobine, lirinidine, higenamine. 2. quercetin, rutin, hype rin, [1, 4-dimethoxybenzene], [tri ethylcitrate], [HCl-sol petin, PA], [acetate buffer-sol pectin, PB], [Na hexametaphosphate-sol pectin, PC], raffiniose, hemicellulose, cellulose, nucleic acid, [beta-sitosteryl fatty ester], chlorophyll, eythritol.
Dosage: 用量﹕
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕	qing xin lian zi yin (he ji ju fang) For spermatorrhea, gonorrhea, diabetes, massive or incessant extramenstral vaginal bleeding with yinxu (yin deficient) and qixu (qi deficient) conditions: shi lian zi, ren shen, fu ling, huang qi, gan cao, mai dong, huang qin, di gu pi, che qian zi. 清心蓮子飲《和劑局方》 治 氣虛  與   陰虛，而 遺精，淋濁，消渴，以及婦人血崩﹐帶下等症。 ：石蓮子﹐人 參﹐茯 苓，黃 耆﹐甘 草, 麥 冬  ﹐黃 芩﹐地骨皮，車 前 子
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕	do not use in cases of constipation. 便 秘 忌 用 。