{"id":2302,"date":"2013-06-12T04:05:09","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T04:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=2302"},"modified":"2013-06-12T04:15:56","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T04:15:56","slug":"loquat-eriobotrya-japonica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=2302","title":{"rendered":"Loquat ~ Eriobotrya japonica"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Eriobotrya<\/a>Loquat<\/b><\/h3>\n

Latin name<\/i>: Eriobotrya japonica<\/strong><\/p>\n

Family<\/i>: Rosaceae<\/p>\n

Part used<\/i>: leaves, flowers, fruit, leaf<\/p>\n

Habitat<\/i>: indigenous to southeastern China and possibly southern Japan; widely cultivated and naturalized<\/p>\n

Main constituents<\/i>: fruit: laevulose, sucrose and malic acid; pulp: carotenoids B-carotene (33%); y-carotene (6%); cryptoxanthin (22%), lutein, violaxanthin, neoxanthin (3-4% each); peel is 5 times richer than the pulp in carotenoids; leaves: triterpenes, tannin, vitamin B and ascorbic acid; young leaves: saponins<\/p>\n

Energetics<\/i>: leaf is bitter, cool<\/p>\n

Main herbal actions<\/i>: fruit: sedative, antiemetic, reduces thirst, antipyretic; flowers: expectorant; leaves: astringent, relieve diarrhea and depression, counteract intoxication<\/p>\n

Minor herbal actions<\/i>: antitussive, antimutagenic, antioxidant<\/p>\n

Main medicinal uses<\/i>: swellings (leaf poultices); cough, asthma, apoplexy and phthisis (flowers)<\/p>\n

Minor medicinal uses<\/i>: indigestion (tincture); calcium oxalate crystals, viral infections, stomachache, cancer<\/p>\n

Preparations<\/i>: fruits are eaten as food; infusion of leaves; tincture; fruit syrup is major Chinese cough syrup (Khalsa)<\/p>\n

Contraindications<\/i>: pregnancy<\/p>\n

Toxicity<\/i>: seeds and fruit peel contain amygdalin (cyanogenic); toxic in large quantities<\/p>\n

Sources<\/i>: http:\/\/www.hort.purdue.edu\/newcrop\/morton\/loquat.html; cpb.pharm.or.jp\/cpb\/200212\/c12_1619.pdf; http:\/\/www.planetherbs.com\/articles\/loquat_leaf.htm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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