Loquat kernel contains cyanogenic glycosides, in the consumption of the kernel must be removed. Eat loquat do not eat the core.

But loquat seeds can be used in medicine, fruit: sweet and sour taste, sex flat; nucleus: bitter taste, sex flat, into the lung, stomach meridian; fruit: clearing the lungs and thirst; nucleus, expectorant cough, and stomach to lower the reversal of the stomach; mainly used for the treatment of lung heat and cough, cough, cough does not heal, dry throat and thirst and stomach qi insufficiency and other diseases. Apply to cough: loquat kernel 9 to 15 grams, pounded, add 3 slices of ginger, water decoction, remove the dregs of the service, 1 time in the morning and 1 time in the evening.