The efficacy and function of chicken mulberry leaves

The world is full of wonders, and Chinese medicinal materials are also varied and varied. Here I would like to introduce to you a Chinese medicinal material, chicken mulberry leaf.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The leaves of Morus alba of the Moraceae family.

[Original form] Deciduous shrub or small tree, up to 15m tall. The branches are spreading and glabrous; the bark is gray-brown and longitudinally cracked. Simple leaves are alternate, papery, ovate, 6-15cm long, 4-10cm wide, with acute or acuminate apex, truncate or nearly cordate base, coarsely serrated margins, sometimes 3-5 lobed, with short hairs on both sides; stipules fall off early. Spike inflorescence grows in the leaf axils of new branches; flowers are unisexual and dioecious; male tepals and stamens are both 5, and the sterile pistil is gyroid; female stigma is 2-lobed and equal in length to the style and persistent. The aggregate fruit is dark purple when ripe.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in limestone hillside forests.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; pungent; cold

【Meridian】 Lung meridian

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and relieves exterior symptoms; promotes lung function and relieves cough. Mainly used for wind-heat cold; lung-heat cough; headache; sore throat

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-9g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is a detailed introduction to the medicinal value of chicken mulberry leaves. There are also some ways and methods when eating chicken mulberry leaves. The above methods of eating are very helpful for regulating various problems of the human body, so you can do it with confidence.