The efficacy of winter mulberry leaves

You should know that silkworms need to eat mulberry leaves before they turn into silkworm pupae. In addition to feeding silkworms, mulberry leaves can also be used by the human body. We can use mulberry leaves to make tea or fight some diseases, but you may not know this. I believe many people have not heard of the effects of winter mulberry leaves. In fact, winter mulberry leaves are mulberry leaves in early winter. Mulberry leaves at this time are generally picked and used as traditional Chinese medicine.

Maybe you don’t know that this kind of winter mulberry leaves can also be used to treat colds. Although we don’t often take Chinese medicine, Chinese medicinal materials are around us. It’s just that we are not studying medicine, so we don’t know much about the properties of many medicinal materials. Most of the knowledge is also learned from other Chinese medicine practitioners, so let’s take a closer look at the specific effects of winter mulberry leaves.

The efficacy of winter mulberry leaves

1. Mulberry leaves have an antispasmodic effect.

2. Mulberry leaves have anti-pathogenic microbial effects. In vitro tests showed that mulberry leaf decoction had a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, beta-hemolytic Streptococcus, Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Escherichia coli. In addition, it can also kill Leptospira.

3. Mulberry leaves have anti-inflammatory effects.

4. Mulberry leaves have the effect of lowering blood sugar. The ecdysterone it contains has a hypoglycemic effect on increased blood sugar induced by various methods and can promote the conversion of glucose into glycogen, but does not change the blood sugar of normal animals.

5. Mulberry leaves have the effect of lowering blood pressure. When mulberry leaf extract was injected into the femoral vein of anesthetized dogs, a temporary decrease in blood pressure occurred, but breathing was not affected.

6. Mulberry leaves have an effect on smooth muscles. They have an excitatory effect on the estrous uterus of animals and an inhibitory effect on the intestinal muscles of mice.

7. Mulberry leaves also have the effects of lowering blood lipids and promoting diuresis.

[Processing] Remove impurities, crush, remove stems, and sieve out ash.

Honey mulberry leaves: Add refined honey and a little boiling water to the clean mulberry leaves, mix well and simmer for a while, stir-fry until it is no longer sticky, take out and let cool (use 20 kilograms of refined honey for every 100 kilograms).

【Effects】Dispel wind-heat, clear the lungs and moisten dryness, clear the liver and improve eyesight.

[Indications] It is mainly used for wind-heat cold, or dry cough due to heat accumulation in the lungs; or dizziness, headache, red and blurred eyes, blurred vision, and tears in the wind caused by heat accumulation in the liver meridian. It can also prevent and treat wind-heat colds, lung heat and dry coughs, sore throats, blood deficiency headaches, eye fatigue, habitual constipation, difficulty urinating, rheumatic joint pains, and it also helps to lower blood pressure, blood sugar, blood lipids, prevent cerebral thrombosis, lose weight, and health care.

These are the relevant effects of winter mulberry leaves. Winter mulberry leaves cannot be considered as medicinal materials before they have undergone processes such as drying. If you have a cold, you can try drinking some mulberry leaf tea to treat it. Although Western medicine works quickly, the human body can easily become dependent on it. Therefore, if it is not a serious illness, it is best to use some traditional Chinese medicine treatment methods.