Loquat is not only delicious, but also has medicinal value. Compendium of Materia Medica records that loquat can nourish the five internal organs and nourish the heart and lungs.
Modern medicine believes that loquat is rich in vitamins and organic acids, and has the functions of moistening lung, relieving cough, resisting virus, resisting tumor and improving immunity. The carotene, B vitamins and vitamin C contained in loquat are helpful for protecting eyesight, whitening skin, promoting diuresis and strengthening the spleen. Loquat contains citric acid, malic acid and other ingredients, which can stimulate the secretion of digestive glands, stimulate appetite and help digestion, and contains cellulose, which can effectively stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis and prevent constipation. Loquat contains amygdalin, which can moisten lung, relieve cough, eliminate phlegm and treat cough.
In the eyes of Chinese medicine, "loquat is cool, and it has the effects of clearing heat and promoting diuresis, detoxifying and moistening the lungs, resolving phlegm and clearing heat and detoxifying". Its main function is to moisten lung, reduce qi and quench thirst. Fruit: clearing lung, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst; Nuclear, expectorant and antitussive, regulating stomach and descending adverse; Can be used for treating cough due to lung heat, persistent cough, dry throat and thirst, and stomach qi deficiency. It can improve halitosis caused by cough due to lung heat, excessive phlegm or stomach heat.
In fact, loquat is a treasure all over the body, except fruit, loquat flower and loquat core all have their own functions.
1, loquat flower
Loquat flowers are light in taste and slightly warm in nature, and have the effects of expelling wind, relieving cough and clearing the nose. Commonly used for symptoms such as head wind, nasal congestion and runny nose, fatigue and chronic cough, and blood in sputum.
2, loquat pit
Loquat kernel tastes bitter and has the functions of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, soothing the liver and activating qi, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling. Commonly used for cough with excessive phlegm, hernia, edema, lymphoid tuberculosis and other diseases.
3, loquat skin
Loquat skin, also known as loquat wood white skin, has similar efficacy to loquat leaves. Loquat peel has the functions of clearing away lung-heat, relieving cough, reducing adverse reactions and stopping vomiting. Clinically, loquat peel is mainly used for cough due to lung heat, asthma, chronic cough and other symptoms, in addition, it can also be used for vomiting due to stomach heat, hiccup and other symptoms.
4. Loquat root
Loquat root tastes bitter and flat, and has the effects of relieving cough, promoting lactation and relieving pain. Commonly used for cough due to fatigue, mammary obstruction and rheumatic joint pain.
5, loquat leaves
Loquat leaf is also known as banana leaf and Liuhe leaf. It has the effects of clearing away lung-heat, relieving cough, regulating stomach, promoting diuresis and quenching thirst. It has the effects of clearing away lung-heat and stomach-heat, lowering qi and resolving phlegm, and can be used for dry cough, hemoptysis and vomiting caused by stomach-heat. However, the new leaves of loquat are slightly toxic, and a small amount of cyanide will be released when eaten raw. But because of its bitter taste, it is generally not enough to cause harm.
The general population can eat loquat, and pregnant women, babies and wet nurses can eat loquat. Eating loquat in early pregnancy can improve the symptoms of nausea and vomiting. Loquat is rich in nutrition. Loquat can stimulate the secretion of digestive glands, stimulate appetite and help digestion and absorption, which is very helpful for babies with poor appetite. Moreover, because the fruits and leaves of loquat have the function of resisting influenza virus, eating loquat can prevent influenza.
[Breeze] Although loquat is a very common fruit, there are some taboos:
1. Don't eat immature loquat, it will cause slight poisoning.
2. Loquat is cold, and eating more helps to produce phlegm. People with diarrhea due to spleen deficiency should avoid it. Therefore, loose stool with spleen deficiency should not be eaten, otherwise it will easily cause abdominal pain and diarrhea.
3. Eat less when coughing with phlegm. Loquat has a strong antitussive effect. Most people who cough in life hope to be treated and improved by eating loquat, but the sugar content and water content of loquat are still relatively high. For some people with cough and phlegm, it is best not to eat loquat, otherwise it will increase their phlegm.
4. Cold, cough and fasting: Cough is the main symptom of a cold, for some people who have a cold and cough. If you eat loquat, there is no obvious improvement on cough, but it will increase the possibility of suffering from cold and cold.