The functions and effects of paper mulberry seeds are numerous and worth utilizing!

Maybe many people don’t know much about Cuscuta chinensis. In fact, it has been widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. Cuscuta chinensis is a very precious Chinese medicine with the effects of improving eyesight and nourishing the kidneys. It can treat problems such as dizziness and edema.

1. The efficacy and function of the seeds of paper mulberry

Nourishes the kidneys, clears the liver, and improves eyesight. It is used to treat asthenia, blurred vision, eye opacity, and edema caused by water retention.

1. "Bie Lu": "It is used to treat impotence and edema, replenish qi, nourish the skin, and improve eyesight."

2. "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "Strengthen the muscles and bones, help yang energy, replenish deficiency and fatigue, help the waist and knees, and improve complexion."

3. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It strengthens the spleen and kidneys, replenishes the body's deficiency and fatigue, and improves eyesight.

4. "Da Ming Materia Medica": "It strengthens the muscles and bones, helps yang energy, replenishes fatigue, helps the waist and knees, and improves complexion."

2. Chemical composition

The fruit contains saponins (0.51%), vitamin B and oil. The seeds contain 31.7% oil, of which the oil contains 2.67% unsaponifiable matter, 9.0% saturated fatty acids, 15.0% oleic acid, and 76.0% linoleic acid. The fruit contains about 0.51% saponin.

3. [Additional prescription]:

① Treats spleen, kidney and liver yin deficiency, vomiting blood, coughing up blood, bone steaming and night sweats, bitter taste in the mouth and thirst, spermatorrhea in dreams; or dry stool, stranguria and difficult urination; or blurred vision and constant tearing: 1 dou of Cuscuta chinensis (red one). Take one dou of black beans, boil the juice, remove the beans and take the juice, soak the paper mulberry seeds for a day, dry them, soak and dry them again, until the bean juice is completely absorbed, then dry them again. Prepare three liters of wolfberry, fry until slightly charred, grind into fine powder, take five cents of it with white soup every morning. (Compendium of Materia Medica)

②For treating cataract caused by liver heat, fine spots of qi cataract, and also for treating cataract in children: grind the seeds of Cuscuta australis into fine powder, mix with honey soup, and take after meals. (Chushisan from Renzhai Zhizhifang)

③To treat bloating caused by water retention and cleanse the organs: 1 dou of Cuscuta chinensis (boil into a paste with 2 dou of water), 1.5 liang of white cloves, 3 liang of Poria cocos (peeled), grind into fine powder, use the Cuscuta chinensis paste to make pills as big as tung nuts. Regardless of the number of pills, take from a small amount to a large amount until urine becomes clear and abdominal distension is reduced. (Chushizi Pills from Suwen Bingji Baomingji)

④Treat throat congestion and throat wind: Dry one paper mulberry in the shade, grind it into powder, and take it with well water. For severe cases, take two doses. (Binghu Collection of Prescriptions)

⑤To treat stone carbuncle, which looks like a boil but has thick skin: pound millet and apply it to the affected area. It can also treat wounds caused by wounds. (Qianjin Fang)

⑥To treat blurred vision: take equal parts of Schizonepeta spicate, Rehmannia root bark and Paper mulberry fruit. Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, add refined honey and make into pills the size of tung nuts. Take 20 pills each time with rice soup. (The Confucian Way of Caring for Parents)

⑦To treat tinnitus and eye fog: soak mulberry bubble, hoe seedling bubble, mulberry bubble, big black bubble, and March bubble in wine and drink. (Chongqing Herbal Medicine Five-in-one Wine)