What are the benefits of eating loquat leaves?

The loquat fruit is a treasure from head to toe, and its leaves are no exception. Loquat leaves and other peach kernels are commonly used Chinese medicinal materials. In general, when treating cough with phlegm, people add an appropriate amount of loquat leaves, wash them and boil them in water to drink, which has a very obvious effect in relieving cough and reducing phlegm. Maybe everyone thinks that this is a folk secret recipe and its authenticity is not very high. In fact, it is not like that. I hope everyone has a certain understanding of the effects of eating loquat leaves and can use it when necessary.

1. Reduce stomach upset and stop vomiting

Loquat leaves are a panacea for relieving heat, so for those who have nausea, why not try taking some loquat leaves and boiling them in water to drink, the effect of stopping nausea is very good. Specific method: Wash appropriate amount of loquat leaves, Poria cocos, licorice and ginger slices, put them in a pot, add appropriate amount of water to boil and make juice, take it twice a day, it can have a very good antiemetic effect.

2. Prevent colds

When summer turns to autumn, the weather and temperature are unpredictable. If you are not careful, you may get the flu. Loquat leaves have a very good effect in inhibiting cold viruses. Under normal circumstances, you can boil loquat leaves in water and drink it, which can play a good role in preventing colds. The actual method is: wash about 60 grams of loquat leaves, put them in water and boil them, then drink them as tea. If you can't stand the bitter taste of loquat leaves, you can add a small amount of old rock sugar for seasoning.

3. Treat hemoptysis

Loquat leaves also have a very good effect in treating hemoptysis. Actual method: Wash appropriate amount of loquat leaves and boil them into juice, mix the juice with rice and boil it into porridge, then add appropriate amount of old rock sugar. It has a very good effect on treating patients with lung cancer-related cough, coughing up white foamy sputum, and hemoptysis.

The above are the benefits of loquat leaf decoction. In our daily life, especially when the seasons change, why not drink less drinks sold outside and drink more loquat leaf juice cooked by yourself, which will be of great benefit to our health.

How to eat loquat leaves

1. Loquat leaf porridge: boil loquat leaves in water, remove the residue and take the juice, then add rice and cook into porridge. It can clear the lungs, moisten the lungs, strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach. It is suitable for people with qi deficiency and yin deficiency and fever.

2. Mulberry leaf and loquat fruit tea: 10 grams each of loquat leaves, wild chrysanthemum and mulberry leaves, grind them into coarse powder and boil them into tea. It can clear away liver fire, dispel wind, relieve cough and reduce phlegm. It is suitable for sore throat, cough and asthma, dry mouth, bitter mouth and bad breath, high blood pressure, and symptoms such as heaviness on the upper body and lightness on the lower body caused by liver fire attacking the stomach. It should be noted that these three raw materials are all cold in nature. If abdominal cold pain and diarrhea occur after consumption, you should stop using them first. Patients with yang deficiency and fear of cold should use it with caution.

3. Loquat leaf and jujube soup: Wash the loquat leaves and wrap them with gauze, add jujube, sweet almonds and tangerine stems, blanch them with 3 bowls of water until the volume is about 1.5 bowls, and add appropriate amount of old rock sugar before eating.

4. Loquat leaf and light bamboo leaf tea: Brush off the fuzz from fresh loquat leaves, wash and chop them together with the light bamboo leaves. After mixing with boiling water, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Before eating, add appropriate amount of white sugar or rock sugar. This prescription is not suitable for people with lung heat and cough.