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Sacred lotus, or Nelumbo nucifera, is a popular therapeutic herb. Since ancient times, lotuses have been utilized as food and medicine in India, Egypt, the Middle East, and China. The lotus has edible blooms, seeds, leaves, fruit, and rhizomes. In Asia, the rhizome is frequently used as a component in soups and stir-fries, while the flower's petals are used to wrap food. In many medical systems, including folk medicine, Ayurveda, Chinese traditional medicine, and eastern medicine, all sections of N. nucifera have been employed for therapeutic purposes. To this day, several chemical components have been identified. Nonetheless, alkaloids and flavonoids make up the majority of the lotus's bioactive components. The lotus plant was traditionally used as an astringent, emollient, and diuretic. It was used to the management of tissue inflammation, diarrhea, and homeostasis. Because the rhizome extract contains asteroidal triterpenoid, it has been utilized for its anti-inflammatory and antidiabetic effects. For hematemesis, epistaxis, bleeding, hematuria, and metrorrhagia, leaves were a useful medication. Flowers have been utilized to cure a high temperature, cholera, hyperdipsia, and diarrhoea. In conventional healthcare, seeds have been utilized as an antidote for poisons, to cure leprosy, skin conditions, cancer, and tissue inflammation. In traditional Chinese medicine, lotus seed embryos are used to treat cardiovascular illnesses, neurological problems, and sleeplessness. Lotus has nutritional benefits in addition to medicinal value. This review aims to clarify Nelumbo nucifera's phytochemicals, taxonomy, botanical description, and physiological importance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
