Don't panic when the child coughs, boil a few leaves and drink it to relieve cough and reduce phlegm, except for 5 special cases
In our hometown, loquat trees can be seen everywhere, and loquat leaves are a good medicine in life.
There is a loquat tree in front of the house. When I was a child, I had phlegm in my throat and cough. When it was not serious, we didn't take medicine. My mother used loquat leaves to boil water for us to drink.
Loquat leaf is a good product for relieving heat and bitterness, lowering qi and reducing inversion. Drinking in moderation can also prevent colds. Boiled water with loquat leaves has many benefits to the human body. It can not only help regulate the stomach and treat chronic bronchitis, but also relieve cough and phlegm. Some people will say it is a strange remedies, but in fact, this is not a remedies, there is a scientific basis. Why loquat leaves can reduce phlegm and relieve cough?
- The loquat leaves are boiled in water because the loquat leaf water has a substance called amygdalin, which is hydrolyzed into hydrocyanic acid in the body. This substance can have a cough-relieving effect, and the decoction or ethyl acetate extract has expectorant and asthma. effect. The volatile oil of loquat leaf boiled water has a mild expectorant effect. It has been proved by experiments related to relieving cough and expectorating phlegm. 2. Reduce stomach and stop vomiting
Loquat leaves can relieve heat and reduce bitterness, lower Qi and reverse, and stop vomiting. The boiled water of loquat leaves can be used for various types of vomiting and hiccups. 3. Relieve bronchitis and chronic bronchitis in children, most of which are caused by phlegm and cough. It is also the effect of loquat leaves for clearing the lungs and relieving vomiting, reducing qi and relieving cough. Therefore, boiling water with loquat leaves can treat various chronic bronchitis. Loquat water can dissolve phlegm and relieve cough, so how to do it? How to make loquat water: 1. Pick 7 or 8 loquat leaves from the loquat tree. 2. Wash the loquat leaves with clean water. There are many small hairs on the back of the leaves. To wash them, you can use a clean brush. The fluff of loquat leaves must be removed cleanly, otherwise direct shampooing and boiling water will stimulate the mucous membrane of the throat, which will be detrimental to the throat.
It is best to soak it in water for ten minutes, and the hair on the surface can be washed easily after it has been soaked. 4. Cut the loquat leaves into small pieces, add water to a small pot, boil in three bowls of water, and cook into 1 bowl.
Bring the pot to a boil over high heat, add a piece of rock sugar, and cook on medium heat for 20 minutes. 6. Pour out the boiled water from the loquat leaves. This water is used as a daily tea. Remove the leaves, and there is probably a bowl left. Special attention should be paid to the following five situations where loquat water cannot be drunk: 1. Loquat water can relieve cough, but cannot drink loquat water due to acute bronchitis caused by cold. Loquat leaf water cannot be used for acute bronchitis caused by cold. Are there any side effects of loquat leaf water? The loquat leaf itself has no side effects, and the boiled water of the loquat leaf is not a big problem as long as it is drunk correctly. 2 Although loquat water is good, it should not be drunk in large quantities. Loquat leaves contain saponins, ursolic acid and other substances. Drinking too much may cause abdominal pain, diarrhea and other problems.
3 Although loquat water is good, you cannot drink loquat water on an empty stomach. Drinking loquat water will cause a burden on the stomach. Loquat leaves contain calcium oxalate, which is easy to precipitate. Drinking on an empty stomach may cause constipation. Therefore, loquat leaves should be boiled after meals. 4 Although loquat water is good, do not drink if the leaf hair is not removed. There are many hairs on loquat leaves, so be sure to wash them more, and wash off the hairs on the surface of the leaves. Normally, the eyes cannot see them. A small amount of hair is okay. If it is not removed, it will irritate the throat and exacerbate coughing. 5 Although loquat water is good, people with cold stomach should not drink it. Loquat boiled water, loquat leaves are cold, if people with spleen deficiency and stomach cold often drink it, they should drink as little as possible to avoid stomach discomfort.
Now that I am a mother, my children have a cough and then itching, and when there is no need to take medicine, I will make loquat water for them to drink.
Don't panic when the child coughs, boil a few leaves and drink it to relieve cough and reduce phlegm.
Of course, if the condition is serious, seek medical attention in time.
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