Eat loquat in spring
Loquat is also called "honey pill" and "loquat fruit", and it is also called "three friends in the fruit" with cherry and plum. Loquat is soft and juicy, sweet and delicate in meat. March and April are rich seasons every year. Loquat is a kind of nutritious and healthy fruit, which is rich in various nutrients needed by human body.
Loquat is rich in cellulose, pectin, carotene, malic acid, citric acid, potassium, phosphorus, iron, calcium and vitamins A, B and C, and is rich in vitamin B and carotene, which has the functions of protecting eyesight, keeping skin healthy and moist, and promoting children's physical development. Among them, vitamin B 17 is a nutrient to prevent cancer! Therefore, loquat is also known as the "crown of fruit", which can promote appetite and help digestion; It can also prevent cancer and aging.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that loquat is sweet, sour and flat, and has the functions of moistening lung and relieving cough, quenching thirst and regulating stomach, diuresis and clearing heat. , used for lung flaccid cough, chest tightness and excessive phlegm.
In addition to fruits, loquat leaves and loquat seeds are also commonly used Chinese herbal medicines. Loquat leaves have the functions of clearing away lung-heat and stomach-heat, lowering qi and resolving phlegm, and can be used for dry cough, stomachache, nosebleeds and vomiting caused by stomach-heat. Loquat seeds are used to treat hernia, eliminate edema and benefit joints.
Pay attention to the following points when purchasing and eating loquat:
● When purchasing loquat, it is better to have a large and symmetrical head, an inverted oval shape, orange peel, complete and juicy fur, thin skin and thick flesh, and no olives.
● Loquat will turn black due to excessive moisture if it is placed in the refrigerator, so it can generally be stored in a dry and ventilated place.
Loquat, because it contains polyphenols, is prone to browning and discoloration after peeling. Soaking in cold water, sugar water or salt water can prevent discoloration.
● Never eat immature loquat.
● People with diabetes should not eat, and those with diarrhea due to spleen deficiency should eat less or not.
According to analysis, its main components are sugar, protein, fat, cellulose, pectin, carotene, tannin, malic acid, citric acid, potassium, phosphorus, iron, calcium and vitamins A, B and C, etc. Among them, carotene is rich, ranking third among fruits. It is also rich in sugar, mainly composed of glucose, fructose and sucrose. In addition, the rich vitamin B in loquat plays a very important role in protecting eyesight, keeping skin healthy and moist, and promoting children's physical development. Loquat is cool, sweet and sour, and has the effects of moistening lung, relieving cough, quenching thirst and stomach. Commonly used for dry throat, polydipsia, cough and vomiting blood, hiccup and other symptoms. Not only the pulp of loquat can be used as medicine, but also its core, leaves and roots have medicinal value. Fresh loquat, washed and eaten raw, can treat discomfort such as dry mouth and polydipsia. In addition, wash and peel 50 grams of fresh loquat, add 5 grams of rock sugar, and take it after boiling for half an hour, which is especially effective for sore throat caused by tonsillitis.
Loquat lose weight
Loquat is rich in crude fiber and mineral elements. Every100g of loquat meat contains 0.4g of protein, 6.6g of carbohydrates, vitamin B 1 and vitamin C, which is a very effective fruit for losing weight.
Traditional Chinese medicine theory holds that weight loss should be based on strengthening the spleen, promoting diuresis and resolving phlegm, while loquat
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With these effects, it is a good slimming fruit. Here are two ways to eat loquat:
Eriobotrya leaf extract
Ingredients: 500g of loquat meat and 600g of rock sugar.
Method: Boil the rock sugar in boiling water until it melts, and add batch to continue cook the meat until it becomes thick paste.
Loquat porridge
Ingredients: 250g loquat meat, 50g japonica rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Method: Boil the rock sugar in water, then add the washed japonica rice and cook until the porridge is cooked. Add the processed loquat meat and cook for 10 minute.
Loquat cough-relieving honey
In a blink of an eye, fruit shops in the streets and lanes, as well as many people carrying baskets, are selling loquats in Huang Chengcheng, and it is the season when loquats are on the market.
Loquat is named because its leaves are shaped like pipa. Loquat is not only delicious, but also nutritious. Fortunately, there are two loquat producing areas next to Chengdu, Longquanyi and Shuangliu, where you can eat fresh and cheap loquat. In less than a week, the price of loquat dropped from a dozen yuan to two or three yuan, apples, pears and other fruits were left out in the cold, and everyone began to eat a lot of loquat.
Usually eating loquat, the biggest regret is that the head of loquat is too big, and the pit of loquat usually accounts for nearly half of the total weight of loquat, so it is always uneconomical to buy it, and the actual edible price is too expensive. What I want to talk about here is a medicinal method of loquat kernel, and loquat becomes a very economical and edible fruit. This method is to make loquat cough-relieving honey from loquat seeds, which is very effective for chronic cough and lung-heat cough, and has a significant effect on asthma after long-term consumption.
I used to be very afraid of catching a cold in spring and autumn, because colds always lead to coughing in these two seasons, and a cough is fidgeting for two or three months. Almost all the time, I can't get over taking cough medicine in the pharmacy. I spend money like running water and still cough, which even leads to the decline of cardiopulmonary function and throat bleeding. Don't talk about your own suffering, but also make the people next to you sad.
Let's talk about how to make loquat cough-relieving honey. This method was told to me by my former colleague, and according to him, it was also taught by his classmates in the pharmaceutical factory. Details are as follows:
1. Eat loquat fruit in real time, leave the core, remove the brown-black seed coat, wash it, and then rinse it with cold water, mainly to remove the raw cold water on the surface of loquat core;
2, dry, the whole standby, or break the core into two petals, or directly break it into pieces, put it in a glass bottle, about one-third of the amount;
3. Inject the wildflower honey into the bottle mouth four or five centimeters, tighten the bottle cap and seal it with adhesive tape.
4, it can be eaten after one month, and the effect is best after more than three months;
When eating, take two or three spoonfuls twice a day, dissolve in warm water and take it slowly. Friends with asthma need to take it for half a year to one year for a long time, and the effect is remarkable, which is much better than taking medicine, economical and has no side effects.
Note: Wild honey is used to ensure that the honey will not contain pesticides, and it is pure (it is not needed in loquat honey sold by honey shops outside, and it is expensive because I don't know what is added in it); When adding honey, you must not fill it too full, because loquat seeds will come out when they meet honey, so you have to give it some space to come out; Don't melt it with boiling water when eating. High temperature will destroy the nutrients of honey and affect the curative effect.
According to colleagues, this method is also used by pharmaceutical companies to make cough syrup, but the concentration is diluted for economic benefits when filling and selling, which is why cough patients always have no obvious effect after eating cough syrup.
When loquat honey is first brewed, loquat seeds will float on the surface of honey juice, so don't worry. After a few weeks, loquat seeds will sink under honey. Don't put loquat honey on the stove just because you hear what the advertisement says about honey loquat cream. That's what my little uncle did. He put loquat honey in the microwave oven and wanted a "honey refining". As a result, a bottle of honey is useless and can only be drunk as sugar water. After several weeks of brewing in loquat honey, the smell and taste of loquat seeds will overflow, smelling a little bitter almond and slightly bitter. This is normal. Never throw away honey just because it is bad.
The preparation method is simple, feasible, cheap and has good curative effect. I also coughed during SARS that year. I coughed for two months. Cough colleagues are too scared to talk to me. In a hurry, loquat cough-relieving honey was soaked for less than a month, and then it was taken out to eat, three or four times a day, and it took only three days to cough. I usually drink this honey as a drink, and the stubborn pharyngitis is basically cured. I haven't coughed for nearly two years. From then on, I became a volunteer propagandist, spreading this method of making cough honey everywhere, and I enjoyed it, and when I died, my cough was eliminated from this world. Recently, my new colleague's cough was cured by this method. Now every relative in my family has one or two bottles, and my mother also vigorously promotes this method to the elderly swordsmen who do morning exercises. This method is now promoted to everyone, hoping that this method can help friends who have a cough or have this disease at home.
Now is the time for loquat to go on the market. Let's eat loquat and make loquat cough-relieving honey.