The author of this article: Huang Suiping Guangdong Famous Traditional Chinese Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, Chief Chinese Medicine Physician, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Postdoctoral Co-supervisor, is currently the Administrative Director of the Department of Spleen and Gastroenterology of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Loquat, also known as golden pills, reed branches, yanguo and jiaozi, loquat growth rules are different from most fruit trees, in autumn or early winter flowering, the fruit in the spring to early summer ripening, earlier than other fruits, "fruit trees alone with four hours of qi" said loquat.
The golden loquat fruit is sweet and sour, and it is loved, and at the same time, loquat has a good medicinal value from the fruit to the leaves.
01 Loquat leaf is the most widely used medicinally
Many people think that loquat has the best cough effect, but in fact, the most widely used and the best medicinal effect is loquat leaf. At present, the loquat preparations on the market are made of loquat leaves as the main raw materials, such as loquat paste, loquat dew, loquat punching agent and so on.
Loquat leaf slightly cold, bitter taste, return to the lungs, stomach meridians, has the effect of clearing the lungs and cough, reducing the reverse and stopping vomiting, mainly used for lung fever cough, stomach heat vomiting.
Lung fever cough
Loquat leaf cough has two characteristics: clear lung fever and used for lung fever cough cough cough
Stomach fever vomiting
The characteristics of the stomach are that it is moist and not dry, and it is smooth to descend. There are many causes of vomiting, but gastric reversal is the most important pathogen. Therefore, the treatment of vomiting must reduce the stomach qi. Loquat leaves are very suitable for the characteristics of the stomach: bitter cold and clearing, can clear the stomach heat, lower stomach qi; sweet and cold, can nourish the stomach yin, moisturize the stomach dry. Therefore, loquat leaves are very effective for vomiting caused by stomach heat, often with Huanglian, Zhuru and so on.
However, it should be noted that loquat leaf cold, not suitable for cold cough, stomach cold vomiting, such as "Materia Medica" said loquat leaf: "stomach cold vomiting and lung cold cough, the law and avoid it."
02 Loquat is a treasure
Loquat fruit
Loquat fruit, shaped like yellow apricot, soft and juicy, sweet and sour taste, every year in March and April is the peak season, is the earliest ripe fruit variety of the year. Loquat fruit is a health fruit with rich nutritional value, rich in a variety of nutrients required by the human body, and its carotene content is high, ranking among the best among fruits.
Loquat fruit is one of the earliest fruits used in dietary therapy in ancient China, Li Shizhen recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Loquat is a good medicine for lowering qi and stomach, clearing heat and relieving heat"; "Rihuazi" also records: "cure lung qi, moisturize the five organs, lower qi, stop vomiting and reverse, and thirst disease".
Loquat fruit taste cool, sweet acid, into the lungs, stomach meridians, sweet and sour can enhance appetite to help digestion, with moisturizing lungs, cough, thirst and other effects, diet therapy can be used for loss of appetite, or loss of breath and vomiting do not want to eat, yin deficiency lung dry cough, dry throat thirst and other symptoms.
Note: Loquat fruit tastes sweet and sour, easy to eat. "Dietary Recipes for Living with Breath" has a record about loquat fruit: "Eat more to help wet phlegm, spleen deficiency and slippery discharge of people are taboo", so people with spleen deficiency phlegm should not eat or eat less loquat, otherwise it is easy to cause abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Loquat nuclei
Loquat kernels are the kernels of loquat fruit, which can be dried and can be used in medicine. Ancient Chinese medicine texts record that loquat nucleus "cures hernia, reduces edema, sharpens bone nodes, and cures fistula".
Loquat nuclear flat and cold, bitter taste, attributed to the lungs, liver meridians, with sputum cough, liver thinning qi, water and swelling effect, often used for cough phlegm, fistula, hernia, edema, joint unfavorable and other diseases, can be decoction soup internal use can also be used externally, external use is mainly used for the treatment of fistula (equivalent to superficial lymphedema).
It should be noted that raw loquat nuclei are toxic, contain cyanosides, and the human body is prone to respiratory damage or hypoxia after eating poisoning symptoms, which can seriously cause death. It is recommended to use it under the guidance of a doctor when taking the drug.
Therefore, when eating loquat pulp, pay attention to spitting out the core, especially the child, parents should try to remove the core and then give the child to eat the pulp, excessive internal administration may be poisoned or even death.
Loquat flowers
The flowers of the loquat tree can also be used in medicine, generally in the winter and spring after the flowers are dried and prepared. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that loquat flowers "cure the head wind, nose is clear", and the modern Materia Medica "Chongqing Herbal Medicine" records that loquat flowers "cure dry tuberculosis cough, with black blood in the phlegm".
Loquat flower is mild and warm, light taste, return to the lungs, has the effect of wind and cough, often used to treat headache, nasal congestion and runny nose, fatigue for a long time, phlegm with blood and other diseases.
This product can be drunk with a single flavor of brewed tea, and seasoned with therapeutic rock sugar or honey when the temperature is suitable, which has the effect of preventing colds.
Loquat root
Loquat root, fresh and dried products can be used in medicine. Loquat root taste bitter, flat, with cough, milk and pain relief and other effects, often used for fatigue cough, milk is not passable, rheumatic paralysis and other diseases. "Mindong Materia Medica" records that the treatment of joint pain can be treated with fresh loquat root four two, a pig's foot and half a pound of rice wine stew.
03 Dietary remedies are recommended
Loquat leaf southern apricot rib soup
Ingredients: 10 g of loquat leaves (dried product), 10 g of southern almonds, 2 dates, 500 g of pork ribs, 3 slices of ginger (for 2 servings).
Directions: Put the loquat leaves in a gauze bag, wash the southern almonds and dates, wash the pork ribs and cut them into pieces, cook them slowly with the ginger until the ribs are cooked, then add salt to the right amount.
Effect: Clear stomach and lungs, raw and cough.
Suitable for people: hot lungs and stomach, common dry cough, dry nose, dry throat, dry mouth, dry stool, dry vomiting, hunger and appetite and red tongue and other symptoms.
Loquat leaf clear lung stomach heat, southern almond flat, sweet taste, return to the lungs, stomach meridian, long than run lung cough asthma, laxative, both share with honey dates, pork bone soup, can clear the stomach and moisturize the lungs, raw and cough, suitable for lung fever cough, stomach heat vomiting people to take.
04 Tips
1, loquat leaves after picking, the back of the fluff a lot, before frying should be removed fluff clean. When decocting, it should be wrapped in gauze to avoid irritation of the fluff to the throat and cause coughing.
2, honey loquat leaf is the loquat leaf according to the honey burning method fried until non-stick hands, pharmacies can buy.
3. Honey loquat leaves are more suitable for people with lung fever and cough, and raw loquat leaves are more suitable for people with stomach fever and vomiting. ■
[Source: Huang Suiping said spleen and stomach, medical guidance: Huang Suiping Chief Chinese Medicine Physician]