Sweet and sour flavor, flat nature; core: bitter flavor, flat nature, into the lung, stomach meridian.

Cleansing the lungs, generating fluids and quenching thirst; kernel, expelling phlegm and relieving cough, harmonizing the stomach and lowering the rebelliousness;

Mainly used in the treatment of lung heat and cough, prolonged cough, dry throat and thirst and stomach qi deficiency and other conditions.

Applied to cough: loquat kernel 9 to 15 grams, pounded, add 3 slices of ginger, decocted in water, remove the dregs and take, 1 time in the morning and evening.

Reference: the pulp contains sugar, protein, fat, pectin, carotene, vitamin B1, C, tartaric acid, malic acid, citric acid and other ingredients.

Use: Used for yin deficiency, lung dryness, cough, or hemoptysis; stomach yin insufficiency, dry throat and thirst, or qi loss and descending, dryness and vomiting without appetite.

Use: Raw food, boiling paste, or decoction.

Nutritional value

Loquat is soft and juicy, sweet flavor, delicate flesh, every year in March and April for the season of abundance, loquat is rich in all kinds of nutrients needed by the human body, it is a nutritious health fruit.

Loquat is rich in fiber, pectin, carotene, malic acid, citric acid, potassium, phosphorus, iron, calcium and vitamins A, B, C. Rich in vitamin B, carotene, with the protection of eyesight, to maintain healthy and moisturized skin, and promote the physical development of children's function, which contains the vitamin B17, or cancer prevention nutrients, so loquat is also known as the "fruit of the crown". "Crown of Fruits". It can promote appetite and help digestion; it can also prevent cancer and aging.

Growing environment

Loquat can bear fruit normally in places where the average annual temperature is above 15 degrees Celsius, and can grow in areas where the average temperature is above 12 degrees Celsius, and it is very resistant to cold, and the adult tree can resist the low temperature of ?18 degrees Celsius, and the flowers can resist the low temperature of ?4 degrees Celsius, and it has a long flowering period, and it will less likely to be damaged by frost. It has a long flowering period and is less susceptible to frost damage. It also does not require much soil or sunlight, so it is planted in various parts of the Huaihe River in China.

Besides China, loquats are planted in Japan, the United States (Hawaii and California), India, Brazil, Israel, Turkey and Spain. The history of loquat cultivation in Japan is that it was introduced from southern China at the end of the Edo period.

The above content reference? Baidu Encyclopedia - Loquat fruit