How to boil loquat leaves to relieve cough? Taboos of boiling loquat leaves

Loquat leaves can be used as medicine and are a traditional Chinese medicine that can moisten the lungs and relieve coughs. This is something that many people know, but when people want to boil water with loquat leaves after they have a cough, they don’t know how to boil the water to relieve the cough. Today, the editor will tell you how to boil loquat leaves in water to relieve coughs. At the same time, I will also let you know what the taboos of drinking loquat leaf water are.

How to boil loquat leaves to relieve cough

1. Platycodon and loquat leaf water

Boiling the dried Pipa liquid together with the Chinese medicine Platycodon grandiflorum to drink the water is particularly effective in relieving cough. When boiling the water with them, you need to prepare 6 grams of the Chinese medicine Platycodon grandiflorum, 8 grams of dried loquat leaves, 15 grams of almonds, 10 dates, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar. Wash all the prepared materials with clean water, then take a piece of clean gauze, wrap the loquat leaves and Platycodon grandiflorum and put them in a casserole, add the dates, almonds and rock sugar, then add an appropriate amount of clean water, heat to a boil, and simmer for half an hour. Take it out and cool it down before drinking.

2. Loquat leaf rock sugar water

Boiling loquat leaves and rock sugar together is also very effective in relieving coughs. When boiling water with them, you can prepare fresh loquat leaves. After preparation, wash them with clean water. When washing, use a brush to carefully scrub the fine hairs on the surface. Put the washed loquat leaves in a clean casserole, add appropriate amount of clean water, and then add 5 to 8 pieces of rock sugar. Cover the pot and boil together, then cook on low heat for half an hour, and turn off the heat when the water in the pot turns wine red. The cooked loquat leaf rock sugar water can be refrigerated and drunk later, when its cough relieving effect will be more obvious.

3. Loquat leaf lily water

Boiling loquat leaves and lilies together in water and drinking it also has a significant cough-relieving effect. However, when using them to boil water, you need to soak the prepared lilies in warm water in advance, then wash the prepared loquat leaves and put them into the pot together with the softened lilies and add clean water to boil. After boiling, turn down the heat and cook for another half an hour. After cooking, take out and put in a bowl to cool. Add appropriate amount of honey to taste before drinking.

Taboos of drinking loquat leaf boiled water

Boiled water with loquat leaves has a significant cough-relieving effect, but it is only effective for human coughs caused by lung heat or lung dryness, as well as wind-heat colds. Those who have coughs due to wind-cold colds or lung colds are forbidden to drink water boiled with loquat leaves. Not only will it not relieve their coughs, but it will also aggravate the cough symptoms, which is not conducive to recovery.