### Chinese: 莲子的作用：味甘涩，性平，归心，脾，肾经。
### English: The role of lotus seed: Sweet and astringent taste, flat sex, <v>return to</v> the heart, spleen, kidney meridian.

### Improved English: Functions of lotus seeds: sweet and astringent in taste, flat in nature, return to heart, spleen and kidney channels.
