Loquat, budding in autumn, flowering in winter, bearing fruit in spring, ripening in early summer, bearing the rain and dew of the four seasons, is "the fruit has the qi of the four seasons", and is loved by the doctors of the past dynasties. In addition to its fruits, kernels, leaves, flowers, and roots can all be used in medicine.
Loquat fruit is 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 fruity and cool, sweet acid, into the lungs, stomach meridian, can increase appetite and help digestion, has the effect of moistening the lungs, cough and other effects, dietary therapy can be used for loss of appetite or qi loss and retching without appetite, yin deficiency, lung dryness, cough, dry throat and thirst and other symptoms.
Loquat leaves are an important medicinal part of loquat. Loquat leaves float lightly into the lungs, to dissolve heat and phlegm to be good, and have the function of relieving asthma; steaming its leaves to take the dew, named "loquat leaf dew", can clear heat and stomach, lower the breath to reduce fire, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough.
The loquat kernel is the kernel of the loquat fruit, which can be used as medicine after drying.
Loquat nucleus is flat and slightly cold, bitter in taste, returns to the lungs and liver meridians, has the effect of dissolving phlegm and relieving cough, soothing liver and qi, diluting water and reducing swelling, and is often used for cough and phlegm, scrofula, hernia, edema, unfavorable joints and other diseases.
The flowers of the loquat tree can also be used as medicine, and they are generally dried in winter and spring. Loquat flowers are flat and slightly warm, light in taste, return to the lung meridian, have the effect of dispelling wind and relieving cough, and are often used to treat diseases such as head wind, nasal congestion and runny nose, fatigue and cough, and blood in sputum.
Loquat root, fresh and dried products can be used in medicine. Loquat root has a bitter taste and flat nature, and has the effects of coughing, lower milk and pain relief, and is often used for diseases such as fatigue cough, milk blockage, rheumatism and paralysis.
1. Loquat leaf light bamboo leaf tea
Method: Brush the fresh loquat leaves to remove the fluff, wash them with the light bamboo leaves, and cut them finely. Put it in a thermos flask, brew it with boiling water, cover it for 15 minutes, add white sugar or rock sugar before drinking, and drink it frequently instead of tea. 1 dose daily.
2. Loquat fruit drink
Use 60 grams of fresh loquat (peeled), 30 grams of rock sugar, and decoction in water. May relieve cough of lung fever.
1. Loquat cold, eating too much loquat will affect the function of the spleen and stomach, and may also cause diarrhea.
2. Loquat is quite rich in sugar, mainly glucose, sucrose and fructose, which is easy to digest and absorb, and it is easy to increase blood sugar after eating, so diabetic patients should not eat more loquat, which is not conducive to blood sugar control and will aggravate the condition.
3. "Suixingju Diet Recipe" records that loquat "eats more to help dampness and produce phlegm, and those with spleen deficiency and slippery discharge should avoid it". Loquat is easy to produce dampness and help dampness, excessive consumption will be secondary to phlegm and heat, and eating too much loquat will also cause damage to the spleen and stomach, which will hinder the health of the spleen and stomach.
4. Although loquat has the effect of relieving cough and moistening the lungs, but cough is also divided into wind cold and wind heat, loquat is a cold fruit, and the consumption of loquat by patients with wind cold cough not only has no therapeutic effect, but also aggravates the condition.
5. Loquat has a high sugar content, which helps to produce phlegm from dampness, so patients with phlegm and damp cough should not eat loquat, which will increase the amount of phlegm.