What are the medicinal values ​​of loquat leaves?

Everyone must be familiar with loquat. Many friends in the south know that fresh loquat tastes sweet and delicious, and is very effective in treating cough and bronchitis. In addition to the rich medicinal value of loquat, loquat leaves, which are the branches and leaves growing on the outside of loquat, also have good medicinal value and can have rich effects when used as medicine. So what are the medicinal values ​​of loquat leaves?

Pharmacological effects of loquat leaves

1. To prevent influenza: decoct 15g of loquat leaves in water and take it for 3 consecutive days.

2. Treatment of chronic bronchitis: Take 15 grams of loquat leaves, 45 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa, 6 grams of almonds, and 6 grams of dried tangerine peel, grind them into fine powder, take 2 qian each time, and drink boiled water.

3. Acute or chronic bronchitis: For cough and asthma, take 30g of fresh leaves, 12g each of hollyhock and 12g of tangerine peel, and 6g of orange peel, and decoct them in water.

4. To treat hoarseness: use 50 grams of fresh loquat leaves (dehaired) and 25 grams of light bamboo leaves, decoct in water and drink; if hiccups do not stop and food cannot be eaten, use 60 grams of loquat leaves (dehaired), 50 grams of tangerine peel, and 10 grams of licorice, roast and grind into powder, use 30 grams of ginger to decoct in water and drink three times a day.

5. Cough due to lung heat, cough, retching and vomiting: 30g fresh loquat leaves, wash, 15g bamboo shavings, 6g tangerine peel, decoct in water, add honey and drink.

6. Summer prickly heat, heat boils, facial acne, pimples, etc.: Boil loquat leaves in water, use it to wash the affected area, 2 to 3 times a day.

7. Treat various pains: Bitter almond, one of the effective ingredients of loquat leaves, can be decomposed into substances with anti-cancer effects and a substance similar to aspirin after being absorbed by the human body, which can exert a strong analgesic effect.

8. Treatment of frozen shoulder and breast lumps: The active ingredients in loquat leaves can promote blood circulation. Even for stubborn frozen shoulder, hot compress with loquat leaves twice a day for about a month will relieve the symptoms. Similarly, loquat leaves are also effective in treating breast lumps.

9. Breast pain during milk withdrawal: 5 loquat leaves, 9 grams of Achyranthes bidentata, decocted in water and taken orally. (Using this method to stop lactation will not affect the secretion of milk during future childbirth.)

10. For gangrene, malignant sores, lumps and tumors: chop loquat leaves into small pieces, wrap them with wet coarse paper, simmer over ash fire until cooked, put them into a cloth bag, apply warm pressure to the affected area while hot, replace when cold, 2 to 3 times a day. (Some people who suffered from cervical cancer were cured by using this method of warming and ironing.)

11. Treatment of prostate hypertrophy: Many middle-aged and elderly people are troubled by prostate hypertrophy and increased nocturia. For treatment, you can cut about 10 loquat leaves into small pieces, fry them, put them in a cloth bag, add some roasted salt, and place it as a hot compress between the anus and scrotum for about 30 minutes. There will be obvious effects.

Since ancient times, loquat leaves have had rich medicinal value, especially loquat leaves, which have a good effect on treating breast hyperplasia, clearing away heat and detoxifying, and prostate hypertrophy. Regular consumption of loquat leaves can prevent the onset of bronchitis, pneumonia and asthma. Loquat leaves themselves have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, killing bacteria and relieving pain, so is the medicinal value of loquat leaves great?