Loquat can relieve cough, of which loquat leaves are more effective in relieving cough, and loquat fruit can moisten the lungs and relieve cough. The loquat leaves can be used raw, fried and boiled in water, made into tea or decoction, and the loquat fruit can be eaten raw or boiled in water.
1. The medicinal part of loquat is usually loquat leaves, because loquat leaves can clear the lungs and relieve cough, used for lung-heat cough. In the method of taking, loquat leaves (decoction) can be boiled in water or tea, or with similar efficacy of Chinese medicine decoction to take.
2. The fruit of loquat is the mature fruit of loquat, although the cough suppressing power is not as strong as loquat leaves, but the fruit is cool and moist, can quench thirst and stomach. When applying its cough suppressing effect, the fruit can be cleaned and taken raw, but also can be used to boil the flesh of the fruit to drink.
Loquat can be used for the treatment or relief of lung-heat cough, but a single use of the disease may not achieve the appropriate therapeutic effect. Therefore, when the cough needs to stop coughing, it is recommended that under the guidance of a professional physician or pharmacist with the use of other drugs or identification of the use of other drugs, not to take on their own to avoid delays in the condition.