Loquat Leaf Juice

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Loquat Leaf Juice

Chinese Name: 枇杷叶汁

Formula

30 grams of loquat leaves.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Brush off the fuzz from the loquat leaves, rinse them thoroughly, then chop them finely. Place them in a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and simmer vigorously for 30 minutes. Strain through clean gauze to extract the juice.

Efficacy

Clears the lungs, relieves cough, and resolves phlegm. Suitable for the acute phase of pneumonia.

Usage

Take one dose in the morning and one in the evening.

Commentary

Loquat leaves (Pi-pa-ye) act as the chief herb; slightly cold and bitter in character, it channels into the Lung, Stomach meridians, working chiefly to clear lung heat, descend lung qi to stop cough, stop vomiting. Without a separate harmonizing herb, the herbal tea formula balance is achieved through the mutual tempering of its active ingredients. Working as one, the formula clear the lungs, relieve cough, resolve phlegm, thereby targeting the pneumonia pattern that underlies the complaint.

Loquat Leaf Juice，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears the lungs, relieves cough, and resolves phlegm. Suitable for the acute phase of pneumonia.

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