The efficacy and effects of loquat paste

September 3, 2023
Although it is called loquat paste, its main ingredient is loquat leaf, and it is old leaf, so what are the effects and functions of this loquat paste?

Clear lung heat

The common loquat paste is Chuanbei loquat paste, although loquat leaves are flat, but Chuanbei is cold. It has a good effect of moistening the lung and benefiting the qi, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, moistening the lung and replenishing the middle, and has a good therapeutic effect on lung heat, wind heat, phlegm-heat cough, sore throat, asthma, etc.

Lowering Stomach-Qi

Loquat leaf is used for vomiting and retching with stomach heat. It can clear stomach heat and lower stomach qi to stop vomiting and retching. In addition, it can also be used for febrile thirst and thirst quenching by clearing the stomach and quenching thirst.

Antibacterial

Loquat leaf contains volatile oil, bitter amygdalin, vitamin C and vitamin B1 all have certain antibacterial effects on white or Staphylococcus aureus, Diplococcus pneumoniae and Bacillus fowleri. Therefore, in clinical practice, loquat leaf is often used to treat upper respiratory tract infections, acute and chronic bronchitis and some malaria.

Tonic for deficiency

The common formula of loquat paste contains four kinds of loquat leaves, Sichuan mei, maltose and honey. Honey is sweet and flat, moistening the lung and tonifying the middle, while maltose also has a good effect of tonifying the middle and slowing down.

Contraindications to the use of loquat paste

1. Loquat paste is generally cold in nature, so it is not suitable for coughs caused by cold lungs. 2. Loquat paste is cold in nature, so it is not recommended for women with cold constitution and menstruation to avoid aggravating coldness and causing discomfort such as dysmenorrhea. 3. Loquat paste tends to breed bacteria, therefore, it is recommended to use a fixed spoon to reduce the breeding of bacteria, and loquat paste that breeds bacteria is not suitable for consumption.
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