Your Secret Pharmacy
(Garden • )
No one’s ever asked if they could pick our loquats (maybe because all the neighbors have their own). But yesterday I got my first request for loquat leaves.
A little research provided information along these lines:
Peter Holmes in THE JADE REMEDIES states that loquat leaf is a gastric sedative and antiemetic, and a respiratory sedative, antitussive and expectorant. In traditional Chinese medicine terms, Holmes writes that it works on the respiratory and digestive systems, and the lung and stomach channels. According to THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HERBS by Demi Brown, loquat leaf is “a bitter, expectorant herb that controls coughing and vomiting; it is effective against bacterial and viral infections…internally for bronchitis, coughs with feverish colds, nausea, vomiting, hiccups, and persistent burping.”
Lets let Mikey try it – he hates everything! Hey Mikey!
→ B.Dunn, May 07, 2009, 05 37 am
