Can you eat loquats to stop coughing?

Eating loquat has some effect on relieving cough, but its efficacy is limited. Loquat is the fruit of loquat, family Rosaceae. It is sweet, sour and cool in nature; it belongs to the spleen, lung and liver meridians. It has the effect of moisturizing the lungs, quenching thirst and lowering qi. The main treatment of lung heat cough, asthma, vomiting, thirst, etc. Loquat should not be eaten in excess. Eating more will help dampness and produce phlegm, and those with spleen deficiency should not eat loquat to avoid aggravating the condition. Coughing patients should consult a doctor and use medication under the doctor’s guidance. If the cough is caused by wind-cold attacking the lungs, take San’ao Tang (三拗汤) together with Ziqiang San (止嗽散) as prescribed by the doctor. Because of the limited efficacy of a single medicine, if you need to stop coughing, it is recommended that the patient consult a doctor in a timely manner, in accordance with the doctor’s advice, do not blindly take on their own, so as not to delay or aggravate the condition.