ABSTRACT:
Nelumbo Nucifera Nymphaeaceae is a perennial aquatic plant that has been used as a medicinal herb in China and India. It has been cited in China's most famous medical treatise for more than 400 years. A variety of plant parts, including as leaves, seeds, flowers, and rhizomes, may be used in traditional medicine. Cholera, fever, hepatopathy, hyperlipidemia, pharyngopathy, pectoralgia, spermatorrhea, leucoderma, smallpox, dysentery, cough, haematemesis, epistaxis, haemoptysis, haematuria, metrorrhagia, hepatopathy, and hyperdipsia are among the ailments that can be treated with different plant parts, according to traditional medicine. Given the conventional claims that N. nucifera can treat a variety of ailments, scientists have diligently sought to validate its efficacy through stringent pharmacological testing.
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Patel Savda Sajid , Mahek Gani Deshmukh. Nelumbo nucifera: The Sacred Flower. IJRPAS, Feb 2025; 4 (2): 127-136.DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.71431/IJRPAS.2025.4213
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