Can eating loquat raw relieve cough?

Cough is a common symptom and a disease that many people have experienced. When people have a cough, they often drink loquat juice or boil loquat leaves in water to relieve the cough. Therefore, some people believe that eating loquat raw can relieve cough. In fact, eating loquat raw is not very effective in relieving cough, but it has many other functions, and there are certain eating taboos.

1. Can eating loquat relieve cough?

Many people think that loquat paste is made from loquat. In fact, the main ingredient of loquat paste is not loquat fruit but loquat leaves. In terms of efficacy, loquat leaves are better at relieving coughs, while loquat fruits are better at moistening the lungs and relieving thirst. Loquat leaves also have the effect of resolving phlegm, so we often hear "relieving coughs and resolving phlegm" mentioned together. The direct cause of coughing for many patients and friends is that they feel that there is phlegm in the respiratory tract that is difficult to expel. Therefore, eating loquat raw cannot relieve cough.

2. Benefits of eating loquat

1. The organic acids contained in loquat can stimulate the secretion of digestive glands, and have a significant effect on increasing appetite, helping digestion and absorption, and quenching thirst and relieving heat.

2. Loquat contains amygdalin, which can moisten the lungs, relieve cough, and eliminate phlegm, treating various coughs.

3. Loquat fruits and leaves can inhibit influenza viruses and prevent colds in all seasons.

4. Loquat contains a variety of nutrients, which can effectively supplement the body's nutrients, improve the body's disease resistance, and play a role in strengthening the body.

5. Loquat fruit is rich in nutrients. If women eat it regularly, it can have a good beautifying effect.

3. Taboos on eating loquat

1. Eat less if you have a phlegm cough

Loquat has a strong cough-suppressing effect when used as a medicine. Many people who have coughs in life hope that eating loquats can help with treatment. In fact, loquats contain a lot of sugar and have the characteristics of helping to produce dampness and phlegm. Therefore, patients with phlegm coughs should not eat too many loquats, as it will increase the amount of phlegm.

2. Fasting for spleen deficiency and diarrhea

Loquat is a cold food, containing a lot of coldness. After consumption, it will significantly change the digestive function of the spleen and stomach, and may also cause diarrhea. Therefore, people with weak spleen and stomach, loose stools and diarrhea should not eat loquat to avoid aggravating the symptoms.

3. Fasting for cold and cough

Coughing is the main symptom of a cold. Whether it is a cold caused by wind and cold, wind and heat, or a viral cold, there will be coughing symptoms. However, loquat is a cold fruit and has no obvious therapeutic effect on cough caused by wind and cold. On the contrary, it may even aggravate the cold.

4. Women should not eat too much during menstruation

Women's bodies need to maintain peace during menstruation, and light and neutral food is best. Loquat is a cold fruit. Women who eat too much loquat during menstruation are prone to uterine cold and dysmenorrhea.

5. People with diabetes should not eat too much

Loquat has a high sugar content, and most of it is glucose and fructose, which are relatively easy to digest and absorb. These two types of sugars can easily increase blood sugar in the human body. Therefore, diabetic patients should not eat too many loquats to avoid blood sugar rising too quickly, which will affect the maintenance of blood sugar stability.