What are the medicinal values ​​of loquat?

Loquat is a fruit we often eat. It is also a fruit in Hainan. It is not common in the north. People in the south know that loquat is rich in medicinal value and is a very nutritious health-care Chinese medicine. It has the effect of moistening the lungs and treating tracheitis. The loquat paste or loquat dew we often drink is made from loquat juice. So what are the medicinal values ​​of loquat?

Loquat is not only delicious and nutritious, but also has high health value. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "loquat can moisten the five internal organs and nourish the heart and lungs." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that loquat has the effects of removing phlegm and quenching thirst, promoting fluid and moistening the lungs, clearing away heat and strengthening the stomach. Modern medicine has further proven that loquat is rich in vitamin B17, amygdalin, resorbitol and other anti-cancer substances.

The organic acids contained in loquat can stimulate the secretion of digestive glands, and have a significant effect on increasing appetite, helping digestion and absorption, and quenching thirst and relieving heat; loquat contains amygdalin, which can moisten the lungs, relieve cough, and eliminate phlegm, and treat various coughs; loquat fruits and leaves have the effect of inhibiting influenza virus, and eating them often can prevent colds in all seasons; loquat leaves can be dried and made into tea, which has the effect of relieving heat and lowering qi, harmonizing the stomach and relieving reverse flow. It is a good product for stopping vomiting and can treat various vomiting and hiccups.

Fruit: sweet and sour, neutral in nature; core: bitter, neutral in nature, enters the lung and stomach meridians; clears the lungs, produces fluid and quenches thirst; core, removes phlegm and relieves cough, harmonizes the stomach and reduces adverse reactions; mainly used to treat lung heat and cough, long-term cough, dry throat, thirst and insufficient stomach qi. Used for cough: 9-15 grams of loquat seeds, mash them, add 3 slices of ginger, decoct in water, remove the residue and take once in the morning and evening.

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Medicinal value of loquat

Dietary selection:

1. To treat dry cough: eat 5 fresh loquats, twice a day.

2. For the treatment of hot cough, cough with pus and sputum, and cough with blood due to lung cancer: 15 grams of loquat leaves (60 grams of fresh loquat leaves), 100 grams of polished rice, and a little rock sugar. First wrap the loquat leaves in cloth and fry them, then take the thick juice and remove the residue. Or you can brush off the hairs on the back of fresh loquat leaves, chop them into small pieces, boil them into juice, remove the residue, and add them to cook porridge with glutinous rice. After the porridge is cooked, add a little rock sugar and eat it with meals.

3. To treat hiccups and loss of appetite caused by stomach cancer: 20 grams of loquat leaves, 25 grams of tangerine peel, 15 grams of roasted licorice, and 3 slices of ginger. Boil in water and take twice a day.

4. To treat vomiting, coughing and spontaneous sweating caused by lung metastasis of gastric cancer: several fresh loquat leaves and 250 grams of glutinous rice. Soak the glutinous rice in clean water overnight, remove the fuzz from the fresh loquat leaves, wash them and wrap them in rice dumplings, which can be eaten after being steamed. Take 1-2 times a day for 3-4 days.

5. Boil 60 grams of loquat leaves (brush off the hair) in water and take it twice to treat cough, jaundice, and prevent and treat influenza.

6. Boil 60 grams of loquat root in water and drink it to treat diabetes.

7. Boil 120 grams of loquat root in water and add appropriate amount of brown sugar. Take it warm once a day for four consecutive days to treat jaundice.

The medicinal value of loquat is very wide. Eating 5 fresh loquats a day can treat cough, bronchitis, and relieve the stuffiness, cough, and chest tightness caused by emphysema. It has a good effect. Using washed loquats to wrap rice dumplings or steam them in a pot also has good medicinal value. Using loquat juice to wipe the face can prevent jaundice and influenza.