Lian Zi
Nelumbinis Semen
sweet, astringent, neutral
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Stabilize and Bind
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Chronic diarrhea
- Poor appetite
- Premature ejaculation
- Spermatorrhea
- Excess uterine bleeding
- Vaginal discharge
- Palpitations
- Anxiety
- Insomnia
Lian Zi is sweet, astringent, and neutral. It enters the kidney, heart, and spleen. The spleen and the heart, in Traditional East Asian Medicine, may involve aspects of thyroid function. This could explain the use for treating palpitations and anxiety as well as insomnia. The spleen also encompasses the pancreas which managing blood sugars through the hormones insulin and glucagon. This dynamic, when in a state of dysregulation, will cause dysglycemic fluctuations (spike and drops in blood sugar) which can also cause palpitations, anxiety, and insomnia.
Lian Zi also stabilizes decline of sex hormones and can treat patients with spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation, excess vaginal discharge, and menorrhagia.
Lian Zi is used in the treatment of diarrhea and loss of appetite is due to its support of splenic function which relates to the exocrine function of the pancreas (enzyme secretion).
Channels: heart, spleen, kidney
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Increased pancreatic secretions
- Palpitations
- Insomnia
- Diarrhea
- Spermatorrhea
- Excess vaginal discharge nonpathogenic
- Urinary incontinence
- Dry mouth
- Anxiety
- Lethargy
- Leukorrhea
Formulas:
- Fu Tu Dan
- Dao Chi Qing Xin Tang
- Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan
- Qing Gong Tang
- Shen Ling Bai Zhu San
Contraindications: do not prescribe Lian Zi to patients that are constipated or that suffer abdominal distention and bloating
Zoo Image: Neph-heart-spleeny (the queen of the camels) is in bed with her kidney pillow while she is fanned with a spleen fan and fed grapes and watches a spirit hug a heart dude and a kidney dude