Loquat is rich in sugar and a good source of carotene, potassium, iron and calcium. So it's good for health. Soaking water is not as effective as boiling water.
Chinese medicine believes that loquat is sweet and flat, and has the effects of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, moistening lung and strengthening stomach. For example: acute and chronic pharyngitis, you can use fresh fruit 90g, rock sugar 15g, stew for half an hour and eat pulp and soup. For cough, senile constipation, etc. It is advisable to mash loquat seeds with water and decoct them.
Fruit: sweet and sour, flat; Nucleus: bitter taste, flat nature, entering the lung and stomach meridians;
Fruit: clearing lung, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst; Nuclear, expectorant and antitussive, regulating stomach and descending adverse;
It is mainly used for treating cough due to lung heat, persistent cough, dry throat and thirst, and insufficient stomach qi.
Used for cough: loquat core 9 ~ 15g, mashed, ginger 3 pieces, decocted in water to remove residue, morning and evening 1 time.