Loquat leaf (Pipaye)
Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. (Fam. Rosaceae)
Pharmaceutical Name: Folium Eriobotryae
Botanical Name: Eriobotrya
japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. (Fam. Rosaceae)
Common Name: Eriobotrya leaf, Loquat
leaf.
Source of Earliest Record: Mingyi Bielu
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The leaves are gathered in late spring or early summer and
dried in the sun. Then the down of the leaves is brushed off and the leaves are
cut into pieces.
Properties & Taste: Bitter and
neutral.
Meridians: Lung and stomach.
Functions: 1. To resolve phlegm and
stop cough; 2. To conduct rebellious qi downward and stop vomiting.
Indications & Combinations:
1. Heat in the lungs manifested as cough and
asthma. Loquat leaf (Pipaye) is used with Mulberry bark (Sangbaipi),
Swallowwort rhizome (Baiqian) and Platycodon root (Jiegeng).
2. Heat in the stomach manifested as nausea
and vomiting. Loquat leaf (Pipaye) is used with Bamboo shavings (Zhuru) and
Reed root (Lugen).
3. For dry mouth and for vomiting due to
Stomach Heat, it is used with Radix
Ophiopogonis (Mai Dong), Caulis Bambusae In Taeniis (Zhu Ru), and Rhizoma
Phragmitis (Lu Gen).
Dosage: 10-15 g, decocted in water for
an oral dose.
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