Lotus Flower and its medicinal uses

Lotus Flower is a sacred flower and has major importance in Hindu Religion. Lotus flower is the national flower of India. It is a water plant having broad floating leaves and produces bright fragrant flowers. Its leaves and flowers floats on water because its stem contains air. Its leaves are around 50CM diameter and helps it to float on water surface. The flowers are in many colors like rosy, red, white, rosy pink, pink etc.

The Lotus Flower opens in the morning and the petals fall in the afternoon. So, many times, when some insects goes inside it in evening to suck the sweet flowers, gets out only in morning when it opens in the sun light.

It is cultivated through seeds. Its seeds are rooted in the damp soil. It requires proper sun light around 6 hours a day to grow.

Medicinal uses :

1. Lotus seeds are used as astringent and and used to cure kidney, spleen, and heart related diseases.
2. Lotus seeds are used to treat weak sexual function in men and leukorrhea in women.
3. Lotus seeds also helps in curing many diseases like restlessness, palpitation and insomnia.
4. There is green embryo inside the lotus seeds. Having it benefits the heart.
5. The Lotus disorders are very helpful in heart and liver disorders.
6. It is prescribes as an antidote for mushroom poisoning.
7. Its leaves are taken with the mixture with other herbs to treat sunstroke, dysentery, fever and vomiting blood.