The efficacy and function of loquat leaves and the taboos of loquat leaves

Loquat leaf is a commonly used medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. It is very common in life. It comes from the leaves of the plant loquat. People can use it directly or dry it for medicine. After being used as medicine, loquat leaves can reduce inflammation, kill bacteria and fight viruses, and can also moisten the lungs, relieve cough, reduce phlegm and relieve sore throat. It has many other effects, but there are also some taboos when taking it. People need to pay special attention when taking it.

The efficacy and function of loquat leaves

1. Relieve stomach heat

Loquat leaves are a kind of Chinese medicinal material with a cold nature. After people eat them, they can clear away heat and detoxify, and also relieve stomach heat. Usually, when people have adverse symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite due to heat, they can directly take an appropriate amount of loquat leaves. When taking it, you can directly boil it in water and drink it, or you can boil it together with Chinese medicinal materials such as tangerine peel and bamboo mushrooms to take it.

2. Clear the lungs and resolve phlegm

Loquat leaf is a good medicine for clearing the lungs, reducing phlegm, relieving cough and relieving asthma. It can relieve human lung heat and dryness and can descend lung qi. It has a particularly obvious therapeutic effect on lung heat and cough that often occur in humans. When necessary, it can be decocted with Chinese medicinal materials such as mulberry leaves and peucedanum. If the patient also has symptoms of asthma, an appropriate amount of mulberry bark, Anemarrhena asphodeloides and Adenophora Root can be added when taking it. In this way, it can play an important role in relieving cough and relieving asthma while clearing the lungs and reducing phlegm.

3. Nutritional supplements, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory

Loquat leaves can not only be used as medicine, but also as health food for people to eat. They can supplement the human body with rich vitamins and various minerals, and allow the human body to absorb some choline hydrochloride and phenolic compounds. These substances can meet the body's needs for normal metabolism, and can enhance the body's antibacterial and anti-inflammatory capabilities. They can inactivate Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus aureus, and Pneumococcus in the human body, and prevent them from damaging human cells.

Taboos of loquat leaves

Loquat leaves have excellent edible and medicinal effects, but there are some taboos when eating them. There are a lot of fine hairs on the surface of the leaves of this plant, which have obvious irritating effects on the oral mucosa and gastrointestinal mucosa of humans. If people cannot clean these hairs when using them, they will cause severe coughing or nausea and vomiting after taking them. In addition, loquat leaves are a kind of Chinese medicinal material with cold properties. People who suffer from stomach cold and cold are forbidden to take them. Taking loquat leaves will aggravate their condition and is not conducive to physical recovery.