The efficacy and function of mulberry fruit

Do you know what Cuscuta chinensis is? It is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. There are many records about it in ancient medical books. Cuscuta chinensis has many medicinal values ​​and can be used to treat some discomfort symptoms in our body. Let us learn about the effects and functions of Cuscuta chinensis in detail.

【English name】 FRUCTUS BROUSSONETIAE

[Source] This product is the dried mature fruit of Broussoneria papyrifera (L.) Vent., a plant of the Moraceae family . The fruits are harvested in autumn when they are ripe, washed, dried, and the grayish white membranous persistent calyx and impurities are removed.

[Properties] This product is slightly spherical or oval, slightly flat, with a diameter of about 1.5mm. The surface is reddish brown with reticular wrinkles or granular protrusions, ridges on one side and grooves on the other side, and some have fruit stalks. It is hard and brittle and easily crushed. The endosperm is white and oily. Odorless, light taste.

【Identification】 The powder of this product is reddish brown. The palisade cell walls of the pericarp are mucilaginous, with remaining thickened parts with fine serrated stripes, resembling fine awns. The crystal-containing thick-walled cells are in sheets, brown-yellow in color, polygonal in surface view, and contain clusters of calcium oxalate crystals; they are rectangular in cross-section, with extremely thick inner walls, the cell cavity biased toward the outside, and the clusters of crystals are oblong. The thick-walled cells of the endocarp are very flat, often overlapping in multiple layers with unclear boundaries. The epidermal cells of the seed coat are polygonal in surface view, with slightly beaded thickened walls, non-lignified, and the cell cavity contains yellow-brown substances.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, cold.

[return through] return the liver and kidney meridians.

【Functions and indications】Nourishes the kidney and clears the liver, improves eyesight and is a diuretic. It is used for soreness of waist and knees, consumptive disease, bone steaming, dizziness, blurred vision, opacity of eyes, and edema.

【Usage and Dosage】 6-12g.

【Storage】 Store in a dry place to prevent moth damage.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Pharmacopoeia

From the above description, we can know that the nutritional value and medicinal value of paper mulberry seeds are very high. It can treat some diseases and can also be used as a raw material for diet therapy. It is indeed a good choice for health and wellness.