Can boiling loquat leaves with brown sugar cure cough?

Loquat leaves are a very effective Chinese medicinal material. In modern life, people are increasingly inclined to use some traditional medicinal materials because Chinese medicine's treatment methods are gradual and can cause less burden on the body, while Western medicine often uses strong chemical drugs, which can have serious side effects on the body. Loquat leaves are a relatively mild Chinese medicine. Let’s see if loquat leaves boiled with brown sugar can cure cough?

If you want to relieve cough, use rock sugar. If you want to replenish qi, use brown sugar.

It doesn’t take too long to boil loquat leaves and rock sugar in water. You can drink it after it boils. You can drink it two to three times a day after meals. If you persist for a few days, the cough will be relieved! The patient can take a handful of fresh loquat leaves, gently brush off the fluff on the back with a small brush, wash the leaves and put them in a pot, add cold water, just enough to cover the leaves, bring to a boil and then simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, turn off the heat, drain the soup, let it cool and drink.

Loquat leaf is a commonly used cough suppressant, which has the effects of clearing the lungs and relieving cough, harmonizing the stomach and relieving adverse reactions, and quenching thirst. The medicinal effects of raw and cooked loquat leaves are different. Roasting is better for relieving cough, while raw is better for relieving vomiting. Symptoms include fear, fever, cough, shortness of breath, vomiting due to stomach heat, restlessness, fever and thirst. If the hair on the back of loquat leaves is not removed, it will irritate the throat and cause coughing, so the hair should be removed so that it cannot be seen by the naked eye. Loquat leaves are bitter and neutral in nature, and are effective for vomiting, retching and hiccups caused by stomach heat. It is most suitable for lung heat, cough and thirst, cough, asthma and thick phlegm.

Rock sugar nourishes yin and produces body fluid, moistens the lungs and relieves cough. It has a good auxiliary therapeutic effect on dry cough, dry cough without sputum, and sputum with blood. Although brown sugar contains more impurities, its nutrients are better retained. It has the effects of invigorating qi, relieving stomach discomfort, helping the spleen to digest food, replenishing blood and removing blood stasis, and also has the effect of dispelling cold and relieving pain.

How to cook loquat leaves stewed with brown sugar

Ingredients : 200g loquat leaves, 30-50g brown sugar, 1000ml water

Method : Wash the loquat leaves, put them in a pot, and add 1000 ml of water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Change to low heat and slowly add appropriate amount of brown sugar, stirring clockwise while adding. Be careful to control the amount of sugar you add and avoid making it too sweet. Cook until there is about 400 ml of water (the liquid is slightly thick at this time), then turn off the heat. Remove the residue and keep the liquid, drink slowly

Nutritional value : Loquat leaves have the effects of clearing heat, moistening the lungs, relieving cough and reducing phlegm, and can relieve summer heat and harmonize the stomach. Decoction or soak loquat leaves stewed with brown sugar in boiling water every morning, 10 to 15 grams each time.