1, loquat leaf, also known as loquat leaf

2. Sexual taste: bitter and flat; Enter the lung and stomach meridians.

3. Common drugs for clearing heat, resolving phlegm and relieving cough

4. Loquat leaf is a commonly used Chinese medicine for relieving cough and asthma, which has the effects of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, regulating stomach and lowering adverse flow. According to the newly revised Materia Medica, loquat leaves "mainly cough and refuse to eat". Compendium of Materia Medica records that "regulating stomach, lowering qi, clearing away heat and relieving summer-heat toxin, and treating beriberi (a vitamin deficiency with numbness of feet and gaskin and weakness of soreness, not beriberi caused by fungal infection as mentioned by western medicine)."

5. The medicinal part of loquat leaves is loquat leaves, which can be harvested all year round. When the loquat leaves are dried to seven or eight minutes, they are tied into small bundles, then dried in the sun to remove impurities, brushed off the fluff on the back of the leaves, sprayed with water, shredded and dried to obtain raw loquat leaves; Or stir-fry loquat silk with refined honey until it doesn't stick to your hands, that is, bake loquat leaves with honey. It is advisable to roast loquat leaves with honey to eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, and use raw loquat leaves and stomach to reduce adverse reactions.

6, efficacy indications

(1), expectorant, antitussive, and stomach-regulating effects.

(2) Used for cough caused by lung heat, with yellow and thick expectoration, bitter mouth and dry throat.

(3) Used for vomiting caused by stomach heat.

Extended data:

1. Anti-inflammatory and antitussive effects: Wang Liwei et al. used xylene-induced ear swelling in mice, sulfur dioxide-induced cough in mice and citric acid spray in guinea pigs to observe the anti-inflammatory and antitussive effects of different separated parts and monomer components of loquat leaves. The results showed that the main components of loquat leaves were loquat glycoside, ursolic acid and total triterpenoid acid.

2. Anti-tumor effect: ChaDS et al. studied the anti-tumor activity of the alcohol extract of loquat leaves, and found that triterpenoid acid of loquat leaves can inhibit the activity and expression of MMP-2 and MMP-9, and inhibit the metastasis and spread of cancer cells such as lung cancer.

3. Antioxidant effect: Flavonoids from loquat leaves have strong antioxidant effect in vitro and in vivo.

4. Anti-inflammatory and antiallergic effects.

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