Efficacy and function of loquat seed 1
Eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, soothing the liver and promoting qi circulation, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Used for cough with excessive phlegm, hernia, edema and lymph node tuberculosis.
2. Clinical application
2. 1, cough, loquat pit, dry in the sun, mash, about 6g, add a little sugar and decoct twice a day. (journal of traditional chinese medicine, Zhejiang)
2.2, treatment of hernia and edema, loquat core 9- 15g. Decoct with water. (Enshi Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicine) 2.3. Treat scrofula, dry loquat seeds as the end, and apply hot wine to the affected area. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine).
3. Scientific research
3. 1、? Treating the liver is more than enough, and those with qi deficiency can be used. Resolving phlegm. ?
3.2、? Treating hernia, eliminating edema and benefiting joints; Treat scrofula. ?
Loquat seed market information 1, loquat seed price
Per kilogram 15- 19 yuan.
2, loquat seed selection method
It is best to choose loquat seeds with round or partial round surface and brown luster.
3. Preservation methods of loquat seeds
Dry and low temperature, if possible, it is best to store in a low oxygen environment.
Brief introduction of loquat seed 1 plant characteristics
1. 1, small evergreen trees, the height can reach10m; Branchlets are stout, yellow-brown, densely rusty or grayish brown tomentose. Leaf blade leathery, lanceolate, oblanceolate, obovate or oblong, length 12-30cm, width 3-9cm. Its apex is acute or acuminate, its base is cuneate or acuminate into petiole, its upper edge is serrated, its base is entire, its upper surface is bright and wrinkled, its lower surface is densely covered with gray-brown fluff, and its lateral veins are 165438+. Petiole short or subsessile, 6- 10 mm long, with gray-brown villi; Stipules subulate, long 1- 1.5 cm, with pointed and hairy tips.
1.2, panicle terminal, long 10- 19 cm, with many flowers; Total pedicels and pedicels are densely covered with rust-colored villi; Pedicel 2-8 mm long; Bracts subulate, 2-5 mm long, densely covered with rust-colored villi; Flower diameter12-20 mm; Calyx tube is shallow cup-shaped, 4-5 mm long, sepals are triangular-ovate, 2-3 mm long, and the top is sharp, with rust-colored villi outside the calyx tube and sepals; Petals are white, oblong or oval, 5-9 mm long and 4-6 mm wide, with claws at the base and rust-colored fluff; Stamens 20, much shorter than petals, filaments spreading at base; Style 5, free, stigma capitate, glabrous, with rust-colored fur at the top of ovary, 5 cells, 2 ovules per cell.
1.3, the fruit is spherical or oblong, 2-5 cm in diameter, yellow or orange, with rusty fur outside, which will soon fall off; Seed 1-5, spherical or oblate, diameter 1- 1.5 cm, brown, shiny, and the seed coat is papery. Flowering 10- 12, fruiting in May-June.
2. Growing environment
Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and Taiwan Province provinces.
3. Characteristics of medicinal materials