枇杷核，中药名。为蔷薇科植物枇杷Eriobotryajaponica(Thunb.)Lindl.的种子。分布于甘肃、陕西、河南、江苏、安徽、浙江、江西、湖北、湖南、四川、云南、贵州、广西、广东、福建、台湾等地。具有化痰止咳，疏肝行气、利水消肿之功效。常用于咳嗽痰多，疝气，水肿，瘰疬。
Pi-pa-he, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. the seed of Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl., a plant of the Rosaceae family, is distributed in Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, and Taiwan. It is known for its effects of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, soothing the liver and promoting qi circulation, and promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. It is commonly used for cough with excessive phlegm, hernia, edema, and scrofula.

功效作用 功能
Efficacy and Functions

化痰止咳，疏肝行气、利水消肿。主治
Resolve phlegm and stop coughing, soothe the liver and regulate qi, promote diuresis and reduce swelling. Mainly used for...

用于咳嗽痰多，疝气，水肿，瘰疬。用法用量
Used for cough with excessive phlegm, hernia, edema, and scrofula. Dosage and administration.

内服：煎汤，6-15g。外用：研末调敷。注意事项
Internal use: Decoction, 6-15g. External use: Powdered and applied as a poultice. Precautions.

内服不宜过量。过量内服宜中毒，甚则死亡。相关论述
Excessive internal consumption is not advisable. Overconsumption can lead to poisoning, and in severe cases, death. This is a relevant discussion in the field.

1、《纲目拾遗》：“治肝有余诸症，气实者可用。化痰。”2、《本草再新》：“治疝气，消水肿，利骨节；治瘰疬。”临床应用 相关配伍

1. "Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber": "For treating various symptoms of liver excess, use herbs that regulate qi. Also resolve phlegm."2. "Revised Materia Medica": "For treating hernia, dispelling edema, promoting bone health; also for treating scrofula." Clinical applications and relevant herb combinations.

1、治咳嗽，枇杷核，晒干，捣碎，约6g，煎汤，加少量糖，每日2次服用。（《浙江中医杂志》1958，（10）：32]2、治疝气，水肿，枇杷核9-15g。水煎服。（《恩施中草药手册》）3、治瘰疬，枇杷干种子为末，调热酒敷患处。（《福建中草药》）加工炮制 采收加工

1. To treat cough, take about 6g of dried and crushed loquat seeds, decoct them in water with a small amount of sugar, and take it twice a day. (From "Zhejiang Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine" 1958, (10):32)2. To treat hernia and edema, take 9-15g of loquat seeds, decoct them in water, and take it orally. (From "Enshi Herbal Manual")3. To treat scrofula, apply powdered dried loquat seeds soaked in hot wine to the affected area. (From "Fujian Herbal Manual")

5-6月果实成熟时，鲜用，捡拾果核，晒干。药材鉴别 药材性状
When the fruits ripen in May and June, they should be used fresh. The fruit kernels should be picked and dried in the sun. Medicinal material identification and characteristics.

种子呈圆形或偏圆形，直径1-1.5cm，表面棕褐色，有光泽。种皮纸质，子叶2片，外表为淡绿色或类白色，内面为白色，富油性。气微香，味涩。植物学信息 植物种属
The seeds are round or slightly round, with a diameter of 1-1.5cm, and have a shiny brown surface. The seed coat is papery, with two cotyledons. The outer surface is light green or whitish, while the inner surface is white and oily. They have a slightly fragrant smell and a bitter taste. Botanical information about the plant species.

蔷薇科植物枇杷。形态特征
Rosaceae plant - loquat. Morphological characteristics.

常绿小乔木，高可达10米；小枝粗壮，黄褐色，密生锈色或灰棕色绒毛。叶片革质，披针形、倒披针形、倒卵形或椭圆长圆形，长12-30厘米，宽3-9厘米，先端急尖或渐尖，基部楔形或渐狭成叶柄，上部边缘有疏锯齿，基部全缘，上面光亮，多皱，下面密生灰棕色绒毛，侧脉11-21对；叶柄短或几无柄，长6-10毫米，有灰棕色绒毛；托叶钻形，长1-1.5厘米，先端急尖，有毛。圆锥花序顶生，长10-19厘米，具多花；总花梗和花梗密生锈色绒毛；花梗长2-8毫米；苞片钻形，长2-5毫米，密生锈色绒毛；花直径12-20毫米；萼筒浅杯状，长4-5毫米，萼片三角卵形，长2-3毫米，先端急尖，萼筒及萼片外面有锈色绒毛；花瓣白色，长圆形或卵形，长5-9毫米，宽4-6毫米，基部具爪，有锈色绒毛；雄蕊20，远短于花瓣，花丝基部扩展；花柱5，离生，柱头头状，无毛，子房顶端有锈色柔毛，5室，每室有2胚珠。果实球形或长圆形，直径2-5厘米，黄色或桔黄色，外有锈色柔毛，不久脱落；种子1-5，球形或扁球形，直径1-1.5厘米，褐色，光亮，种皮纸质。花期10-12月，果期5-6月。生长环境
Evergreen small tree, can grow up to 10 meters tall; small branches are stout, yellow-brown, densely covered with rust-colored or gray-brown hairs. The leaves are leathery, lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, obovate, or elliptic-oblong, 12-30 centimeters long, 3-9 centimeters wide, acute or acuminate at the apex, cuneate or gradually narrowed at the base to form a petiole, with sparse serrations on the upper margin and entire margin at the base, shiny on the upper surface, often wrinkled, densely covered with gray-brown hairs on the lower surface, with 11-21 pairs of lateral veins; leaf stalks are short or nearly absent, 6-10 millimeters long, with gray-brown hairs; stipules are lanceolate, 1-1.5 centimeters long, acute at the apex, and hairy. The cone-shaped inflorescences are terminal, 10-19 centimeters long, with many flowers; both the peduncles and pedicels are densely covered with rust-colored hairs; pedicels are 2-8 millimeters long; bracts are lanceolate, 2-5 millimeters long, densely covered with rust-colored hairs; flowers are 12-20 millimeters in diameter; the calyx tube is shallowly cup-shaped, 4-5 millimeters long, with triangular-ovate calyx lobes, 2-3 millimeters long, acute at the apex, with rust-colored hairs on the outside of the calyx tube and lobes; petals are white, oblong or ovate, 5-9 millimeters long, 4-6 millimeters wide, clawed at the base, with rust-colored hairs; stamens are 20, much shorter than the petals, with expanded bases of the filaments; styles are 5, separate, with head-like stigmas, hairless, with rust-colored soft hairs at the apex of the ovary, 5-loculed, each locule with 2 ovules. Fruits are spherical or oblong, 2-5 centimeters in diameter, yellow or orange-yellow, with rust-colored soft hairs on the outside, soon falling off; seeds are 1-5, spherical or flattened-spherical, 1-1.5 centimeters in diameter, brown, shiny, with a papery seed coat. Flowering period is from October to December, and fruiting period is from May to June. Growing environment.

产甘肃、陕西、河南、江苏、安徽、浙江、江西、湖北、湖南、四川、云南、贵州、广西、广东、福建、台湾。
These are the provinces and regions in China: Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, and Taiwan.