A sacred aquatic plant throughout Asia, the Lotus has been used for over two thousand years for culinary and medicinal purposes. Widely used by the cosmetics industry for its benefits on the skin, the Lotus flower is also used in Chinese pharmacopoeia for its benefits on the body.

In traditional Chinese medicine, He hua is one of the flowers that dispels Stasis and calms bleeding. Thus, it is given a healing action. In addition, TCM also recommends its use to soothe the Mind.