What are the benefits of eating loquat?
Source: medical treatment time: 20 15-05-08 08:54:07.
Loquat is a common fruit in summer in southern China. Because of its sweet and sour taste, it can relieve summer heat and quench thirst, and it has become one of the favorite summer fruits of many people. Loquat is full of treasures. We usually only eat loquat meat. Some people like to eat loquat just because it is delicious, but they don't know what benefits it has. So today Bian Xiao will tell you what's good about eating loquat.
What are the benefits of eating loquat?
Loquat, "autumn sprouting, winter blooming, spring ripening and summer ripening, prepare for the four seasons." Known as the "king of fruits". Loquat with sweet flesh is not only delicious, but also nutritious. Every100g of fresh loquat contains 7 grams of carbohydrate, 0.7 grams of protein, 0.8 grams of crude fiber, 22 mg of calcium, 0.3 mg of iron, 0.3 mg of carotene/kloc-0, 36 mg of phosphorus and 3 mg of ascorbic acid. The content of carotene and phosphorus is higher than litchi, pineapple, banana and citrus. In the Western Han Dynasty, there was a saying that "loquat burned persimmon ..." which has been used, indicating that loquat was offered to the emperor at the latest in the early Han Dynasty.
What are the benefits of eating loquat?
Chinese medicine believes that loquat is cool and has the effect of moistening lung and clearing lung. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that loquat is sweet, sour, flat and non-toxic, and has the effects of "stopping diarrhea and lowering qi, benefiting lung and stopping vomiting, controlling excess heat and moistening five internal organs". It is mainly used to treat lung flaccidity, cough, hematemesis, thirst and vomiting. To treat children's cough and expectoration caused by lung heat in summer, or cough and hemoptysis caused by young and middle-aged tuberculosis, you can eat a few loquats raw every day, or take 15 loquats in decoction, and take them in the morning and evening. Loquat can not only benefit lung qi, but also "moisten five internal organs". Chronic bronchitis, emphysema and other diseases that frequently occur in the elderly in winter are often treated by strengthening the body resistance in summer, that is, "treating winter diseases in summer". Loquat and walnut are effective dietotherapy products. Patients can nourish lung and kidney, improve lung function and enhance disease resistance if they insist on eating them every day (according to the ratio of 2: 1). Squeeze loquat juice, add leaves and seeds, decoct with slow fire, remove residues to leave juice, thicken and add rock sugar to make loquat cream. Eriobotrya cream is sealed in the refrigerator and taken out in autumn. It has the effects of clearing away lung heat, relieving cough and moistening throat, and is especially effective in treating dry cough and dry mouth and nasopharynx in autumn. Because this product is cool and sweet, people with spleen deficiency, loose stool, excessive phlegm and dampness, stomach cold and vomiting should not eat more. People suffering from lung heat cough, excessive phlegm, hemoptysis, dry cough, sore throat, nosebleeds and hoarseness can eat loquat as an auxiliary treatment.