How to boil loquat leaves to relieve cough? Can children drink it?

It has to be admitted that loquat is a fruit that is valuable all over. In addition to the fact that loquat fruit has a good cough-relieving effect on the human body, boiling water with loquat leaves can also have a certain cough-relieving effect. In addition, loquat leaves can also play an auxiliary role in many diseases, such as in the treatment of periarthritis of the shoulder. But can children drink the water boiled with loquat leaves?

Can children drink water boiled with loquat leaves?

Loquat leaf is a good medicine with great medicinal value. It can assist in treating many diseases, such as cough, periarthritis of shoulder, etc. However, can children drink boiled water from loquat leaves?

Loquat leaves are a good product for relieving vomiting, relieving heat, lowering qi and relieving counterflow. Drinking them in moderation can also prevent colds. Drinking water boiled with loquat leaves has many benefits to the human body. It can not only help regulate the stomach and intestines and treat chronic bronchitis, but also relieve cough and eliminate phlegm. Therefore, it is beneficial for children to drink some loquat leaf water appropriately. However, since children have weak gastrointestinal function, drinking too much may cause some adverse reactions, such as diarrhea, so they should consume it in moderation. In addition, parents should note that drinking boiled loquat leaves in water is only an auxiliary treatment method. If the child has a severe cough, he or she should go to the hospital for treatment in time.

How to boil loquat water

Loquat leaf is a relatively traditional medicinal material. It is increasingly popular among the people for its unique efficacy. Now loquat leaf has long been a household name and is widely consumed in daily life. However, how do you boil loquat leaves and drink the water? Let’s take a look below.

Cooking method 1:

Prepare ingredients: 5 loquat leaves, 1 piece of rock sugar

Cooking method:

1. Take 5-6 fresh loquat leaves, rinse off the dirt in running water, and use a brush to clean all the fluff on the back (note, the fluff must be brushed clean, otherwise it will aggravate the cough).

2. Put them in a basin, add water to cover the loquat leaves, soak for 15 minutes, rinse with running water, drain and set aside.

3. Prepare a piece of rock sugar, yellow rock sugar is best, then cut the leaves into pieces, put them into a cooking pot, pour in about 800 ml of water, cook over high heat, after the leaves are boiled, stir the floating leaves with chopsticks, then turn to medium or low heat.

4. Add a piece of rock sugar at this time and cook for 20 minutes. Do not open the lid immediately after cooking, continue to simmer for a while.

5. Pour out the loquat leaf water. It is still tea-colored at this time, but will turn into wine red after a while, with a faint fragrance of loquat leaves. The boiled water can be used as daily tea. You can take a small amount every day, 3-4 times is fine. It has a good effect in relieving cough and reducing phlegm.

Cooking method 2:

Prepare ingredients: 9g loquat leaves, 12g mulberry bark, 6g scutellaria

practice:

1. Wash the loquat leaves and set aside, but note that the fluff on the back of the loquat leaves must be washed clean.

2. Then put loquat leaves, mulberry bark, and scutellaria into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, and boil over high heat. After the water boils, turn to low heat and simmer for a while. Do not open the lid immediately after cooking, continue to simmer for a while, and then pour it out and drink. This cooking method is very effective in treating lung heat and cough.

The above is the method of boiling loquat leaves in water and drinking it. I hope it can help everyone. Friends in need, come and try it.