the most common way to eat loquat leaves is to boil water with loquat leaves, which is a very common household method to relieve cough and eliminate phlegm. In addition, loquat leaves can be added to dishes as ingredients, which can not only keep fit, but also increase the flavor of dishes! Below, let's take a look!
1. Loquat lotus root
Raw materials: 411g fresh lotus root and 11g loquat leaf (double the fresh product).
Method: Wash and slice the lotus root, wash the loquat leaves and put them on the bottom of the plate, and then put the sliced lotus root on it.
efficacy: lotus root can clear heart fire by strengthening spleen and stopping diarrhea. The heart is the master of the five internal organs, and if the heart is clear, the whole body will retreat. This product is bitter first and then sweet, with endless aftertaste, which is very suitable for use after being chilled in summer.
2. Eriobotrya leaf porridge
Ingredients: 15g of Eriobotrya leaf (double the fresh product), 111g of rice, and appropriate amount of clear water.
method: first fry loquat leaves, remove dregs to get juice, and add rice to cook porridge.
efficacy: this product can clear lung and stomach, reduce qi and eliminate phlegm, loquat leaves can moisten lung and nourish stomach and eliminate phlegm, and rice can tonify middle warmer and replenish qi. It is especially suitable for patients with fever due to deficiency of both qi and yin.
3. Mulberry leaf loquat tea
Ingredients: mulberry leaf, wild chrysanthemum flower and loquat leaf each 11g.
preparation method: prepare mulberry leaves, wild chrysanthemum and loquat leaves into coarse powder, and drink it frequently instead of tea.
efficacy: the mulberry leaves and chrysanthemum have the functions of clearing liver and purging fire, dispelling wind, resolving phlegm and relieving exterior syndrome. It is suitable for symptoms such as top-heaviness, dry mouth and bitter taste, and high blood pressure caused by hyperactivity of liver yang and liver fire invading the stomach. In addition, this product has the effect of relieving exterior syndrome, and is also effective for sore throat, fever, cough and asthma, and expectoration of yellow phlegm due to wind-heat cold.
note: these three flavors are cold and cool products. If you have abdominal pain and diarrhea after drinking tea, stop using them immediately. Use with caution those who are vegetarian and have yang deficiency and are afraid of cold.