What are the benefits of boiling loquat leaves and tangerine peel in water?

Loquat is a small tree plant that emits a very fragrant smell in daily life, but it still tastes quite bitter. Loquat leaves are usually eaten after being dried. For example, if there is a patient with cough at home, you can boil some loquat soup to drink, which is very effective in relieving cough. Of course, loquat has more than just this one effect. What are its other effects?

The efficacy and function of loquat leaves

Loquat leaves contain tannins, saponins, amygdalin, ursolic acid, oleanolic acid, vitamin C, vitamin Bl and other ingredients. They have the effects of clearing away heat, relieving heat, harmonizing the stomach, moistening the lungs, resolving phlegm, relieving cough, and relieving asthma. They are often used to treat long-term cough, whooping cough in children, fever and chills, vomiting, diphtheria and other diseases; the amygdalin in loquat leaves can be decomposed into benzyl and aldehyde cyanide with anti-cancer effects after being absorbed by the human body, and has a strong analgesic effect; adding loquat leaves when bathing can eliminate skin inflammations such as prickly heat and rashes, make people's qi and blood flow smoothly, and make the skin soft and smooth, with a good health care and skin care effect. In addition, hot compress with loquat leaves can eliminate breast lumps and prevent cancer.

How to eat loquat leaves

Loquat leaf porridge: Boil loquat leaves in water, remove the residue and take the juice, then add rice and cook into porridge. It can moisten the lungs, eliminate phlegm and nourish the stomach, and is suitable for people with qi deficiency, yin deficiency and fever.

Mulberry leaf and loquat tea: 10 grams each of loquat leaves, wild chrysanthemum and mulberry leaves, grind into coarse powder and make tea. It can clear the liver and reduce fire, dispel wind and resolve phlegm. It is suitable for symptoms such as sore throat, cough and asthma, dry mouth and bitter taste, high blood pressure, and lightheadedness caused by liver fire attacking the stomach. It should be noted that these three ingredients are all cold. If you experience abdominal cold pain and diarrhea after drinking it, you should stop taking it immediately. People with yang deficiency and fear of cold should use it with caution.

Loquat leaf and candied date soup: Wash the loquat leaves and wrap them with gauze. Add candied dates, almonds and platycodon. Use 3 bowls of water to boil until the soup is about 1.5 bowls. Add appropriate amount of rock sugar before drinking.

Loquat leaf and light bamboo leaf tea: Brush off the fluff from fresh loquat leaves, wash and chop them together with the light bamboo leaves. Brew with boiling water, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Add appropriate amount of white sugar or rock sugar before drinking. This prescription should not be used by people suffering from cold and cough.