Many unexpected benefits from loquat fruit

According to Oriental medicine, loquat fruit has a sour, astringent taste, neutral properties, enters the lung and large intestine meridians, has the effect of stopping coughs, stopping diarrhea, relieving asthma, and eliminating phlegm. Many studies show that loquat fruit contains a number of antioxidant compounds, is rich in vitamin C, iron, calcium...

The outside of the loquat fruit always has a layer of powder covering it, which can cause an itchy throat, cough, and sore throat when eaten, because these powder grains are very hard. However, if you eat an average of 5-6 green loquat fruits per day and scrape off the white powder on the outside, there is no problem (for normal people).

Loquat season is from mid-March to early April of the solar calendar. If you know how to take advantage of the loquat season to cure many common diseases, you will no longer have to worry about the above problems.

Loquat fruit is a familiar hometown gift.

Loquat has a sour, astringent taste but is non-toxic and neutral, so it can be used to treat many diseases. Loquat is often used to treat coughs, asthma, and shortness of breath. You can use it in the form of a decoction or powder to drink daily.

Below are medicinal recipes for each part of the jujube tree:

- Cough treatment: 10 green apricots, 10g tangerine peel, 10 kumquats. Boil one dose per day, drink 3 times a day.

- Diarrhea: 10 green jujubes, 4g jujube roots, 2g apricot roots. Wash all, boil one dose per day, divide into 3 doses to drink during the day.

- Cough, asthma, shortness of breath: 6-12g of jujube per day, can be used in decoction, infusion, or powder form.

Take for several days until symptoms subside.

However, eating too much green plum can cause stomach ulcers.

Loquat leaves

In Oriental medicine, loquat leaves have an astringent taste, neutral properties, are non-toxic, and have the effect of relieving coughs, relieving asthma, and reducing fever.

Loquat leaves contain a lot of tannins, saponozit, and polyphenols. Loquat leaves have antibacterial effects on many strains of gram (+) and gram (-) bacteria. Animal studies show that loquat leaves have anti-acute and anti-chronic inflammatory effects. People often use loquat leaves to treat lung deficiency, asthma, hemoptysis, and boils.

- Treating bleeding wounds: Take a handful of fresh loquat leaves, wash them, crush them, then apply them to the bleeding area to help stop the bleeding effectively.

- Treat cough, phlegm, asthma: 16g of loquat leaves, 12g of Chinese apple leaves, fried until golden brown, crushed, 6g of radish seeds, 6g of mustard seeds, fried until golden brown. Boil all ingredients in water, then divide into portions to drink, 3 times a day before meals. Drink for about 2-3 weeks until symptoms subside.

- Coughing up blood: 24g fresh loquat leaves, 15g sugar. Boil water, steep loquat leaves like tea, add sugar and drink. Drink twice a day, after meals.

- Treating bacillary dysentery and diarrhea: 30g fresh loquat leaves or 12g dried loquat leaves, stir-fry until golden brown, boil with 400ml water until 100ml remains, divide into 2 doses per day, before meals. Drink for about 2-3 weeks until symptoms subside.

Mid-March to early April is the season of ripe loquat fruit.

Loquat roots

In Oriental medicine, loquat roots have the effect of stopping bleeding and relieving pain, and are often used in decoction form. You can use loquat roots to:

- Cure acne: Boil water from loquat roots for bathing.

- Heavy menstruation: 30-60g of loquat root, boil into water and drink after meals.

- Diarrhea: 10 green jujubes, 4g jujube roots, 2g apricot roots, decoct and drink 2-3 times a day.

- Rheumatism, bone and joint pain: 120g loquat root, 60g royal wine, 50g pig's trotters. Pour water into all ingredients, simmer and eat.

- Hemoptysis, abdominal pain, difficulty swallowing: 30g of jujube root, wash, boil in water to drink.

- Coughing up blood, nosebleeds: 16g of loquat root, roasted until black, decoct and drink 1 dose per day. Drink 3 times a day, 1.5 hours before meals. You can also combine it with herbs such as Eclipta prostrata, Artemisia vulgaris, and Thuja orientalis to treat this disease.

Contraindications: Loquat leaves and roots should not be used by pregnant women.

In Oriental medicine, loquat roots have the effect of stopping bleeding and relieving pain.

Loquat seeds

The main use of loquat seeds is to kill bacteria and eliminate parasites. When eating loquats, chewing the seeds inside is also very good for your health. You can also use loquat seeds to treat liver and spleen swelling and pain according to the following recipe:

Crush 10g loquat seeds, 8g black turmeric. Boil in water to drink daily.

It is currently the season of green plum blossoms. Although it contains many compounds that are beneficial to the body, if eaten too much, any food, not just green plums, can be harmful to health. The sour, astringent taste of each green plum can increase stomach acid, affecting the digestive system, causing stomach pain, stomach ulcers, etc.

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