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Specimen profile
East Indian Lotus Tuber
Nelumbo lutea · Nelumbonaceae
Skt · Kamala Kanda — “Tuber of the lotus rooted in mud”Hindi · Kamal KakdiMal · Thamara KizhanguTam · Thamarai Kizhangu
A cooling, porous aquatic rhizome specifically targeted for cooling blood and stopping bleeding.
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While related to standard lotus species, Nelumbo lutea possesses distinct pale sulfur-yellow blossoms and robust, air-chambered rhizomes creeping beneath marsh soils. The horizontal rhizome segments are crisp, pale white, and filled with vascular pores. In Ayurvedic regional ethnobotany, these specialized rhizomes are tapped for deep Pitta-clearing and blood-staunching virtues.
Identification markers
Large emergent circular leaves held aloft without a cleft; pale yellowish blooms; long horizontal multi-segmented tubers perforated with longitudinal channels.
Rasa
Madhura, Kashaya, Tikta
Guna
Guru, Ruksha
Virya
Sheeta
Vipaka
Madhura
Prabhava
Raktastambhana
Dosha effect
PK- V+
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