Loquat, taste: sweet and sour, cool. Tropism: Seeking Truth in Materia Medica: "Entering the Spleen, Lung and Liver." Efficacy: clearing away lung heat, promoting fluid production and relieving cough. Can be used for treating cough due to lung heat, persistent cough, dry throat and thirst. Ben Feng Jingyuan: Everyone must be familiar with it. It has the functions of quenching thirst and moistening the five internal organs. If it tastes sour, it can help the liver cut the spleen and make people full of diarrhea. So eat loquat fruit, cooked, raw and sour, not eaten.
Loquat fruit can be eaten like this! Loquat Zhike Decoction: Loquat (fruit) 100g, peeled in half, mashed with stones and decocted in water.
Loquat fruit includes pulp and stone. The pulp tends to moisten the lungs and relieve cough, while the stone tends to eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, while * * * plays the role of moistening the lungs and eliminating phlegm, relieving cough and reducing qi. Used for dryness and heat of lung meridian, cough and expectoration. Loquat pit tastes bitter and has a flat nature. It has the functions of soothing the liver, regulating qi, resolving stagnation, relieving pain, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, regulating stomach and lowering adverse flow. Indications: hernia pain, cough and other diseases. Usually the dosage is 3 ~ 9g.
Loquat roots are bitter and flat. It can clear away lung-heat, relieve cough, relieve pain and promote lactation. Indications: tuberculosis, cough, rheumatism, bone and muscle pain, breast obstruction and other diseases. The usual dose is 6 ~ 15g.
Loquat leaves, bitter in taste and slightly cold in nature; Entering the lung and stomach meridians; It can clear lung and stomach, reduce qi and eliminate phlegm. Loquat leaf is a commonly used cough medicine. The medicinal effects of raw loquat leaves and cooked loquat leaves are different, so it is advisable to bake them to relieve cough and eat them raw to stop vomiting. Baked loquat leaves: good at clearing away lung heat, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Indications: cough due to lung heat, asthma due to qi reversal, etc. Generally add 3 ~ 9 grams of decoction. Raw loquat leaves: good at clearing stomach, reducing adverse reactions and stopping vomiting, mainly used to treat stomach heat, vomiting, nausea and vomiting. Generally add 3 ~ 9 grams of decoction.
Chinese patent medicines containing loquat leaves: Chuanbei loquat dew, Li Qiang loquat dew, loquat leaf paste, loquat cough-relieving capsule and Qingre Ganmao granule. Modern pharmacological studies have found that loquat leaves contain saponins, amygdalin, ursolic acid, oleanolic acid, tannins, vitamin B 1, vitamin C and other chemical components.
Suitable for the general population, especially those with cough, chest tightness and excessive phlegm.
Diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, vomiting due to stomach cold and cough due to lung cold are prohibited, so as not to aggravate the condition.