Loquat leaf is a commonly used antitussive drug, which has the functions of clearing away lung-heat, relieving cough, regulating stomach, lowering adverse flow and quenching thirst. The medicinal effect of raw loquat leaves is different from that of cooked loquat leaves, so it is advisable to roast it to relieve cough and eat it raw to stop vomiting. Hot cough, shortness of breath, vomiting due to stomach heat, hot annoyance and thirst.
The back of loquat leaves does not shed hair, which irritates the throat and coughs, so it is better to shed hair and is invisible to the naked eye. Eriobotrya leaves taste bitter and flat, stomach heat vomiting, hiccup. Lung-heat cough with thirst is most suitable for cough, asthma and thick phlegm.
Efficacy of loquat leaves:
1, used for cough due to lung heat, with reduced bitterness and clear coldness, lowering lung qi and relieving cough. For cough due to lung heat, it is often used with Mulberry Leaves and Qianhutong. For dryness-heat cough, it is often combined with Cortex Mori, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae and Radix Adenophorae. For chronic cough due to lung deficiency, it is combined with Yin-nourishing and lung-moistening drugs such as Ejiao and Lily.
2. Used for vomiting due to stomach heat. This product can clear stomach heat, reduce stomach qi, and stop vomiting and hiccups. It is often used with orange peel and bamboo shavings. In addition, it can also be used for fever, thirst and thirst quenching, and can clear stomach and quench thirst.
Efficacy of loquat leaves:
1, hydrocyanic acid produced by amygdalin hydrolysis in vivo has antitussive effect. The decoction or ethyl acetate extract has expectorant and antiasthmatic effects. The volatile oil contained in its leaves has a slight expectorant effect. It is also reported that loquat leaves have strong antitussive effect and poor expectorant effect.
2. The decoction or ethyl acetate extract has antibacterial effect on Staphylococcus albus, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Shigella flexneri. However, some people think that loquat leaves have no antibacterial effect and can stimulate the growth of Staphylococcus aureus.
3. The ethanol cold-soaked extract of loquat leaves has anti-inflammatory effect on the local application of carrageenan-induced foot swelling in rats, while the warm-soaked extract or cold-soaked extract has no anti-inflammatory effect.
4. Loquat contains a variety of nutrients, which can effectively supplement human nutrition, improve human disease resistance and play a role in strengthening the body.
5, loquat kernel contains amygdalin, which can relieve cough and eliminate phlegm and treat various coughs.
6. Eriobotrya japonica leaves can clear away heat and bitterness, reduce qi and adverse flow, and can be used to treat various vomiting and hiccups.
7. Loquat leaves can inhibit influenza virus and prevent colds at four o'clock.
8. One of the active ingredients of loquat leaves is amygdalin. After being absorbed by human body, it can be decomposed into cyanic acid and benzaldehyde, both of which have anticancer effects. Benzaldehyde is further converted into aspirin-like substances, which can play a strong analgesic role.
9. Bathing with loquat leaves makes people feel smooth and pleasant. When in use, put it in a cloth bag and soak it in the bathtub. People bathing in it can make the skin smooth and tender, and also have the effect of eliminating skin inflammation such as miliaria and macula. It is a rare skin care medicine.
People who are worried about allergic skin rash all the year round can always have a panacea for nourishing the liver and moistening the lungs at home, such as mulberry leaves, loquat leaves and roses, which can be used alone or in combination. If they are soaked in boiling water instead of drinking tea, their skin will be calm, their face will be "rosy" and they will be very happy.
10. Loquat is an evergreen plant of Rosaceae, originally from China. It has been used as a medicinal material since ancient times. It has the functions of stopping dysentery, relieving cough and diuresis, and also has certain curative effect on neuralgia, arthritis, lumbago and cancer.