What is the main function of loquat? Loquat is a mature fruit of Rosaceae plants, which is mainly distributed in the south of the Yangtze River basin and in Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan and other places, and is eaten as a fruit. The Life Taste Diet Spectrum states that preserves and bad harvests can be preserved for a long time.

First, the health care function of loquat

It is best to eat loquat, which is sweet, sour and cool. It belongs to lung and liver meridians and is a health food for moistening dryness and promoting fluid production.

Daily consumption can moisten the five internal organs, promote fluid production and nourish the stomach, clear away the lung and moisten the lung, and is suitable for people with insufficient body fluid, internal dryness and fever, physical weakness after eating, and no physical illness. Common health recipes such as loquat cream.

Second, the dietotherapy function of loquat

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that loquat can moisten the lung to relieve cough, promote fluid production to quench thirst, reduce qi and stop vomiting, and is often used in the following three aspects:

(1) is used for cough due to lung heat, hemoptysis, epistaxis and fatigue cough. Raw food can be used alone.

② Used to quench thirst. It can be eaten raw or as loquat in syrup.

③ Used for vomiting. Can be used alone or in combination.

Two small prescriptions about the efficacy of loquat

(1) Loquat sago porridge: 6 loquats, 50g sago, sugar 100g, cooked with porridge. Used for cough due to lung heat, hemoptysis, epistaxis, and nausea due to stomach heat.

(2) Loquat paste: Loquat and crystal sugar are made into paste food. Used for cough and hemoptysis caused by fatigue.