What's the use of lotus?

Lotus: Also known as Lotus, The Book of Songs is called Hua, Shuowen is called Lotus, Chuci is called Lotus, and herbs are called Shuizhi. Qunfangpu is called "water hibiscus" to distinguish it from hibiscus on land. Its core is embarrassment. A perennial herb of Nymphaeaceae, which grows in shallow water. The leaves are big and round, and the stems are long. In summer, the pedicels are long, the flowers are large and beautiful, and the colors are reddish, red or white, which is different from single petals and compound petals. Lotus seeds are fruits with small holes in the receptacle. Lotus originated in tropical Asia and has a long history of cultivation in China. The Book of Songs and Songs of the South have all been recited, and there is a song in the Yuefu of the Han and Wei Dynasties, "Lotus leaves can be picked in the south of the Yangtze River, so why not?" There are many swamps planted in Liwan, the flower belt in the southwest of Guangzhou, and Hetian looks forward to it. Yang Wanli, a poet in the Song Dynasty, said: "The lotus leaves are infinitely blue the next day, and the lotus flowers reflect different colors in the sun."

Lotus is also called lotus. Perennial aquatic herbs of Nymphaeaceae. There is a horizontal rhizome, which is the lotus root that we eat every day. The leaves are round, above the water, with long petioles and thorns, and are shield-shaped. The flower at the top of the pedicel is solitary, with a diameter of10 ~ 20 cm; Sepals 5, caducous; Petals are mostly red, pink or white; Stamens are numerous; Carpels are numerous, free and embedded in sponge-like receptacle points. Nuts are ovoid or ovoid, commonly known as lotus seeds, and are 1.5 ~ 2.5 cm long. It is widely cultivated in the northern and southern provinces of China. Lotus is full of treasures. Lotus root, leaf, petiole, lotus whisker and rosette can all be used as medicine to clear away heat and stop bleeding. Lotus plumule (the germ of seeds) has the effects of clearing away heart fire, strengthening heart and lowering blood pressure; Lotus seeds (nuts) have the effects of strengthening the spleen, stopping diarrhea, nourishing the heart and benefiting the kidney. Lotus root can be used as a vegetable or to extract starch (lotus root powder). Lotus is one of the top ten famous flowers in China.