Lotus Root Nodes and Red Dates Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears heat, stops bleeding, and increases platelet count.Indicated for thrombocytopenic purpura of the “blood heat causing uncontrolled blood flow” pattern, characterized by subcutaneous petechiae or ecchymoses that are bright red in color, often accompanied by nosebleeds, bleeding gums, hematemesis, hematuria, or melena; or accompanied by restlessness, thirst, dark yellow urine, and constipation; or fever; or abdominal pain; with a red tongue, thin yellow coating, and a string-like, rapid pulse.
Lotus Root Nodes and Red Dates Decoction
Herbal Tea Name: Lotus Root Nodes and Red Dates Decoction
Chinese Name: 藕节大枣饮
Formula
30 grams of lotus root nodes, 50 grams of white茅根, 15 jujubes, and 20 grams of corn.Main Ingredients
How To Make
Wash the lotus root nodes and white grass root, chop them separately, place them in a clay pot, add water, and simmer for 20 minutes; strain to extract the liquid. Rinse the red dates and corn thoroughly, place them in a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer until it becomes a thick decoction. Just before it is ready, add the concentrated decoction of lotus root nodes and white grass root, stir well, and simmer until it comes to a boil; it is then ready.
Efficacy
Clears heat, stops bleeding, and increases platelet count.Indicated for thrombocytopenic purpura of the “blood heat causing uncontrolled blood flow” pattern, characterized by subcutaneous petechiae or ecchymoses that are bright red in color, often accompanied by nosebleeds, bleeding gums, hematemesis, hematuria, or melena; or accompanied by restlessness, thirst, dark yellow urine, and constipation; or fever; or abdominal pain; with a red tongue, thin yellow coating, and a string-like, rapid pulse.
Usage
Take one dose in the morning and one in the evening.
Commentary
Lotus root nodes (Ou-jie) act as the chief herb; neutral and sweet, astringent in character, it enters the Liver, Lung, Stomach meridians, working chiefly to stop bleeding and resolve stasis. White茅根 (Bai-mao-gen) acts as the deputy ingredient, sweet-cold in property, acting through the Lung, Stomach, Bladder meridians to clear heat and stop bleeding. Corn (Yu-mi) reinforces this deputy action, working to tonify the spleen, harmonize the middle and promote urination. Jujubes (Da-zao) function as the harmonizing (envoy) ingredient, working to tonify qi, nourish blood and calm the spirit, harmonize the formula and unite the separate actions into one. The overall effect is to clear heat, stop bleeding, increases platelet count, restoring balance within the blood and heat framework.