Loquat leaf (Pipaye)

Pharmaceutical Name : Folium Eriobotryae

Botanical Name: Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.

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).

Dosage: 10-15 g