All parts of the flowers and leaves of the Asian water lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, also known as the Sacred Lotus, are a traditional relaxing and inebriating smoke, similar to a mild cannabis. They are aslo brewed into a delightful tea, and are also steeped in wine. The flowers are edible, the petals often placed in soups and used as a garnish.

The large lima-bean size seeds, also called its 'fruit,' are eaten raw, roasted, candied, or popped like popcorn. The seed extract makes a calmative cupful or pipeful. The thick, starchy rhizomes are boiled, stir-fried and pickled.

Much used and relished in Chinese cooking, the root has a mild flavour and a crisp texture. It can be cooked with other vegetables, soaked in syrup or pickled in vinegar and is a source of starch or arrowroot.

The delicious seed is used raw or cooked. The seed can be popped like popcorn, ground into a powder and used in making bread or eaten dry.

The roasted seed is a coffee substitute.

Petals can be floated in soups or used as a garnish.

The stamens are used to flavour tea.

The Sacred water lotus has been used in the Orient as a medicinal herb for well over 1,500 years. All parts of the plant are used, they are astringent, cardiotonic, febrifuge, hypotensive, resolvent, stomachic, styptic, tonic and vasodilator.

The leaf juice is used in the treatment of diarrhoea and is decocted with liquorice (Glycyrrhiza spp) for the treatment of sunstroke.

A decoction of the flowers is used in the treatment of premature ejaculation.

The flowers are recommended as a cardiac tonic.

A decoction of the floral receptacle is used in the treatment of abdominal cramps, bloody discharges etc.

The flower stalk is haemostatic. It is used in treating bleeding gastric ulcers, excessive menstruation, post-partum haemorrhage.

The stamens are used in treating urinary frequency, premature ejaculation, haemolysis, epistasis and uterine bleeding.

A decoction of the fruit is used in the treatment of agitation, fever, heart complaints etc.

The seed is sedative. It is used in the treatment of poor digestion, enteritis, chronic diarrhoea, insomnia, palpitations etc.

The plumule and radicle are used to treat thirst in high febrile disease, hypertension, insomnia and restlessness.

The root is tonic. The root starch is used in the treatment of diarrhoea, dysentery etc, a paste is applied to ringworm and other skin ailments.

It is also taken internally in the treatment of haemorrhages, excessive menstruation and nosebleeds. The roots are harvested in autumn or winter and dried for later use.

The root nodes are used in the treatment of nasal bleeding, haemoptysis, haematuria and functional bleeding of the uterus.

The plant has a folk history in the treatment of cancer, and modern research has isolated certain compounds from the plant that show anticancer activity.

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Sulfites are used to give herbs the appearance of freshness. As with dried fruit, unsulfured herbs look different than those that are adulterated with preservatives. Herbs that are preservative free are more natural looking and are generally darker. The brightness of the herbs may be appealing, but it indicates the presence of harmful additives. Despite their appearance, unsulfured herbs are more fresh and safer than regular commercially available products.

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