Fresh and delicious loquat is on the market!
This fruit blooms in autumn or early winter.
Ripens in spring to early summer
Because the process of fruit growth spans four seasons
Therefore, it has the reputation of "the one who has the air of the four seasons in the fruit tree".
In spring, loquat is also a good medicine, and it is right to eat it for common cough and phlegm problems in spring!
Cough up yellow phlegm - boiled water with loquat leaves
Loquat leaves are low-key "aristocrats", and the loquat preparations on the market, such as loquat paste, loquat dew, loquat powder, etc., are mainly raw materials of loquat leaves, not loquat fruits.
This is mainly related to the efficacy of loquat leaves.
According to the records of "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica", loquat leaves can "enter the lungs, stop coughing, stop shortness of breath, and eliminate phlegm." coughed for a long time, and the sound of a saw was in my throat. There is stubborn phlegm in the lungs, which is knotted in the lungs, and the sputum rises and falls with the wind, so there is a roaring and wheezing sound. Loquat leaves enter the lungs, which can cut off stubborn phlegm threads, dissipate roaring and stop shortness of breath. ”
To put it simply, for the cough with a lot of phlegm, and the phlegm is yellow and sticky, loquat leaves are just the right symptom.
If it is accompanied by dry mouth at the same time, it can also be combined with fritillary and melon to clear the lungs and dissolve phlegm, relieve cough and asthma.
When we use loquat leaves in our daily life, if the symptoms are single, we can also use loquat leaves alone (loquat leaves have a lot of fluff on them, and they need to be washed and fried during meals to avoid fluff falling off and irritating the throat) to cook porridge or soup.
Loquat leaf porridge
Ingredients: 15 grams of loquat leaves, 100 grams of japonica rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Method: Wash and chop the loquat leaves, put them in a medicine bag, decoction of soup, remove the slag and extract the juice. Then add the japonica rice to the medicinal juice, replenish the water, cook it into thin porridge, and add rock sugar when cooked. Consume daily in the morning and evening.
Efficacy: Clears the lungs and dissolves phlegm.
This recipe comes from "Lao Lao Hengyan", saying that it has the effect of "curing hot cough, lowering gas, and quenching thirst", and is often used for pulmonary fever cough and acute bronchitis.
It is suitable for those who cough and breath reversal, phlegm inconvenience, vomiting, hiccups, and hemoptysis caused by lung fever. It can be eaten in spring, summer and autumn.
Special attention: cold cough and cold vomiting should not be used.
Stewed pear soup with loquat leaves
Ingredients: 1 pear, 4 loquat leaves, 2 rock sugars, appropriate amount of water.
Method: Wash loquat leaves, wash with water while brushing with a brush, wash off the fluff and dust on the leaves, cut into small pieces and put them in a medicine bag after washing, decoction; then put in 1 washed and cut pear, pour in an appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, add some rock sugar to drink.
Yin deficiency and dryness of the lungs - eat loquat fruit
Different from loquat leaves, loquat fruit is cool, sweet and acidic, enters the lungs and stomach meridians, and has the effects of moistening the lungs, relieving cough and quenching thirst.
Eating some loquat fruits often has a good relieving effect on dry cough caused by yin deficiency and lung dryness, as well as symptoms such as dry throat and thirst.
In addition, it is well hydrated (89.3%), high potassium (122mg/100g) low sodium (4mg/100g), and rich in dietary fiber and sorbitol, which can not only nourish the heart, protect the heart, replenish electrolytes, but also moisten the intestines.
When you buy loquat, try to choose loquat fruit with fluff and no wrinkled skin, which feels astringent and frosted to the touch, so that the fruit is fresher.
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