The loquat is not only juicy and flavorful, but also has medicinal value. The Compendium of Materia Medica records that "loquat can moisturize the five organs, nourish the heart and lungs."
Modern medicine believes that the loquat is rich in vitamins and organic acids, have moistened the lungs and cough, anti-virus, anti-tumor and improve immunity. Loquat contains carotene, b vitamins, vitamin C, helps to protect eyesight, whitening and moisturizing, water and spleen. Loquat contains citric acid, malic acid and other ingredients, can stimulate the secretion of digestive glands, improve appetite, digestion, contains fiber can effectively stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, to prevent constipation. Loquat contains bitter amygdalin, can moisturize the lungs and cough, expectorant, treatment of cough.
In the eyes of traditional Chinese medicine, "loquat is cool in nature and has the effect of clearing heat and dampness, detoxifying and moistening the lungs, resolving phlegm, and clearing away heat and toxins". The main role is to moisturize the lungs and lower the qi, quench thirst. Fruit:Clearing the lungs and thirst; nucleus, expectorant cough, and stomach to lower the rebellious; for the treatment of lung heat and cough, prolonged cough, dry throat and thirst and stomach qi insufficiency and other conditions. For lung heat cough, phlegm or stomach heat caused by bad breath have improved the effect.
In fact, loquat's whole body is a treasure, in addition to the fruit, loquat flowers, loquat kernel, etc. have their own efficacy.
1, loquat flowers
The loquat flowers are light in flavor, slightly warm in nature, and have the effect of relieving wind, cough, and nasal orifices. Commonly used in the head wind, nasal congestion and runny nose, deficiency and prolonged cough, sputum with blood and other symptoms.
2, loquat kernel
The loquat kernel is bitter in flavor and flat in nature, with the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, dredging the liver and promoting qi, and promoting water retention and swelling. Commonly used in cough and phlegm, hernia, edema, scrofula and other diseases.
3, loquat skin
Loquat skin, also known as loquat wood white skin, the effect is similar to loquat leaves, loquat skin has the effect of clearing the lungs to stop coughing, descending reversal vomiting. In the clinic, loquat skin is mainly used for lung heat cough, cough, cough, cough and other conditions, in addition, can also be used for stomach heat and vomiting, eruption and other conditions .
4, loquat root
The loquat root is bitter in flavor and flat in nature, and has the effect of relieving cough, breast milk and pain. It is often used in coughing, lactation, rheumatism and paralysis.
5, loquat leaf
The loquat leaf is also known as Ba Ye, Lu Kuang Ye. It has the effect of clearing the lungs and relieving cough, and stomach diuretic, quenching thirst. It has the effect of clearing lung and stomach heat, lowering the efficacy of phlegm, and is used for lung fever and dry cough, coughing up blood, stomach heat and vomiting. However, loquat new leaves slightly with toxicity, eaten raw will release traces of cyanide, but because of its bitter taste, generally will not eat enough to cause harm to the portion.
The general population can eat loquat, pregnant women, babies and nursing mothers can eat loquat. Pregnant women can eat some loquat in the early stages of pregnancy to improve the symptoms of nausea and vomiting. Loquat is rich in nutrients, loquat can stimulate the secretion of the digestive glands, to enhance appetite, help digestion and absorption, which is very helpful for the poor appetite of the baby is very helpful. And because the loquat fruit and leaves also resist the role of influenza virus, so eat loquat can prevent influenza.
[breeze]Although loquat is a very common fruit, but there are some contraindications:
1. Not yet ripe loquat should not be eaten, it will cause slight poisoning.
2. Loquat is cold, eat more to help dampness and phlegm, the spleen is weak and slippery people avoid, so the spleen is weak and loose people do not eat, otherwise it is easy to cause abdominal pain and diarrhea and other diseases.
3. Phlegmatic cough less to eat, loquat has a strong effect on cough, most of the people in the life of the cough hope to be able to eat loquat to get treatment to improve, but loquat's sugar water is still relatively high for some cough contains phlegm people, it is best not to eat loquat, otherwise it will aggravate the amount of phlegm themselves.
4. wind-cold cough fast: cough is the main symptom of cold, for some people with a cold and also with a cough. If you eat loquat, there is no significant improvement in the effect of cough, but also aggravate the possibility of wind-cold cold.