Do you know the nine benefits of mulberry leaves?

my country is the earliest country to plant mulberry trees. Mulberry trees have a very long history in my country, and have probably been developed for more than 7,000 years. Mulberry leaves have many benefits. They can not only be used to raise silkworms, but also to make medicine. Working people in southern my country often pick fresh mulberry leaves and squeeze out mulberry leaf juice to treat insect bites and stop bleeding, with very good results. In addition, mulberry leaves are also very beneficial for some eye diseases.

Mulberry leaves can be picked in late spring and early summer. They are mild in nature and bitter in taste, and have very high medicinal value. Not only that, modern research has shown that mulberry leaves can also play a good role in beauty. It can treat acne on the face and eliminate skin inflammation.

Benefits of mulberry leaves :

1. Mulberry leaves are good at dispersing wind-heat and relieving lung heat. They are often used in combination with chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, mint, peucedanum, platycodon, etc. for exogenous wind-heat, headache, cough, etc. Mulberry leaves can not only be used to treat red eyes and photophobia caused by wind-heat, but also can clear liver fire. For red and swollen eyes caused by liver fire, it can be used in combination with chrysanthemum, cassia seed, plantain seed, etc. As for liver yin deficiency and blurred vision, mulberry leaves can also be used together with Ligustrum lucidum, wolfberry, black sesame, etc. which nourish the liver and kidneys.

2. Mulberry leaves are light and dispersing, and can disperse wind-heat, but the effect is weak. It is mainly used clinically to clear the lungs and liver, such as wind-heat attacking the lungs, cough with a lot of sputum, or dryness and heat damaging the lungs, dry cough without sputum; as well as wind-heat attacking the lungs or liver fire inflammation, red and swollen eyes, etc. It is a commonly used medicine. When combined with burdock seed and peucedanum, it can dispel wind and clear the lungs; when combined with gypsum and ophiopogon japonicus, it can clear dryness and moisten the lungs; when combined with chrysanthemum and cassia seed, it can clear the liver and improve eyesight.

3. Mulberry leaves have an antispasmodic effect.

4. Mulberry leaves have anti-pathogenic microorganism effects.

5. Mulberry leaves have anti-inflammatory effects.

6. Mulberry leaves can lower blood sugar and blood pressure.

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

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

Because mulberry leaves have many benefits, people widely use them in daily life. Some people use them to make mulberry leaf tea, which can clear the lungs and prevent colds. Some people wash and chop the mulberry leaves, and use them with flour to steam mulberry leaf buns or make mulberry leaf cakes. They have a unique flavor and a refreshing taste. Eating them regularly can not only clear the liver and improve eyesight, but also beautify the skin.