How to eat loquat to have nutrition? What are the effects and effects? How to choose? How to boil loquat leaves to stop cough?

Loquat, also known as orange, golden pill, Reed twig. Rosaceae, loquat plants, loquat native to southeastern China, because the leaves are shaped like pipa instruments and their flowers can be used as medicine. What do you know about the efficacy and function of loquat? How to eat loquat to have nutrition? How to choose loquat? How to boil loquat leaves to stop cough? Let me give you an answer.

I. efficacy and function of loquat

1. Promote digestion

The organic acids contained in loquat can stimulate the secretion of digestive glands and play a considerable role in increasing appetite, helping digestion and absorption, relieving thirst and relieving summer heat.

two。 Moistening the lung and relieving cough

Loquat contains amygdalin, which can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, expectorant, and treat all kinds of cough.

3. Prevent a cold

Loquat fruits and leaves can inhibit influenza virus, eat regularly can prevent 04:00 cold.

4. Prevent vomiting

Loquat leaves can be dried into tea, which has the effect of relieving heat and qi, and reducing adverse events in the stomach. it can treat all kinds of vomiting hiccups.

Second, how to eat loquat to have nutrition?

Loquat has a good antitussive, expectorant and antiasthmatic effect. Not only the fruit of loquat is delicious, but also eating loquat properly is very helpful to your health. So how to eat loquat? Follow the steps below to make you eat loquat more healthily.

1, wash: wash the stolen goods on the pericarp, the key is that the loquat fruit also has a layer of fluff, which is easy to eat in the stomach if it is not washed.

2. Remove the head and skin: the head of the loquat is the end with the handle, it is easy to go, the mature loquat is easy to peel, just tear it off.

3, to the tail: the tail is more troublesome, need to peel first and then pull up with two fingers, then the whole tail will be taken off. Because there is also fluff and some dirt on the tail, it must be removed.

Third, how to choose loquat?

Now the loquat on the market are all yellow, very attractive, although they look similar, but the taste is different, some taste very sweet, but some are insipid! So how to choose loquat to taste good?

1. The appearance of loquat can be observed. The mature loquat epidermis shows a slightly glossy golden yellow, while the immature loquat shows light yellow or cyan yellow, and the lack of light will show light yellow or cyan yellow.

2. The selection of loquat depends on the shape of the fruit. The delicious and sweet loquat is generally oval in shape. The closer the shape of the pedestal is to the pentagram, the more delicious the taste is, and the pedestal is gathered into a little less juice.

3. Because of the large number of loquat varieties, they are generally divided into red sand and white sand strains according to the color of their peel and pulp. Baisha loquat has good quality, thin skin, juicy, thick meat, fine quality and sweet taste. Although red sand has thicker meat and more juice, it tastes sweet and sour.

Fourth, how to boil loquat leaves to stop cough?

1. Go to the drugstore to buy some loquat leaves, about 6-8.

2. Rinse with clean water and brush off the fluff behind the leaves. The villi of loquat leaves must be removed, otherwise it will directly stimulate the mucous membrane and cause cough side effects, you can use a brush to remove the villi directly.

3. Soak it in water for more than ten minutes, then brush it again and remember to rinse it clean.

4. Cut the loquat leaves into segments and put them in the pot.

5. Put water in the pot and bring it to a boil over high heat. Add a piece of rock sugar and cook for 20 minutes.

6. Pour the boiled water from loquat leaves as a daily tea.

Special note: using loquat leaves alone to boil water is tasteless, adding rock sugar is for better taste, so it is easier to accept the taste. However, loquat boiled water can not drink more, drink 2-3 times a day is enough, one should not be too much, in order to avoid diarrhea, diarrhea and other symptoms. It is best to drink after meals, but not for children under 1 year old. Loquat leaf boiled water is mainly used to treat hot cough, cold cough can be used with onion water, roasted oranges and other dietotherapy.