What are the medicinal values ​​of mulberry trees?

Mulberry is a kind of fruit we often eat in our lives. The fruit of mulberry is red with purple color, sweet and delicious in the mouth, and has a good effect on treating cough and bronchitis. In fact, mulberry is a kind of fruit obtained through the fruiting and flowering of mulberry trees. In addition to the wide range of medicinal value of mulberry, the mulberry tree itself is also rich in nutrients. So what are the medicinal values ​​of mulberry trees?

Medicinal Value of Mulberry

Mulberry tree is a deciduous tree of the Moraceae family. It is cultivated all over the country, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and has a long history. The leaves, fruits, wood, branches, etc. of mulberry trees can be used to feed silkworms, eat, make wine, weave baskets, make paper and make various utensils. At the same time, its leaves, roots, bark, twigs, fruit clusters, wood, parasites, etc. are also good medicines for preventing and treating diseases.

Mulberry leaves: The leaves of the mulberry tree are best harvested after frost, and are called frost mulberry leaves or winter mulberry leaves. It is bitter, sweet and cold in nature, and enters the lung and liver meridians. It has the functions of dispelling wind and heat, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, moistening the lungs and relieving cough. It is often used to treat wind-heat cold, lung heat cough, liver yang headache and dizziness, red and blurred eyes, blood heat bleeding and night sweats.

It is also used in modern times to treat elephantiasis of the lower limbs. It can be taken orally or used externally, and has also been made into an injection. In addition, the white juice that oozes out after breaking the veins of fresh mulberry leaves is called mulberry leaf juice. It tastes bitter and is slightly cold in nature. It is good at detoxifying, clearing heat and stopping bleeding. It is mainly used to treat carbuncles, goiters, traumatic bleeding and centipede bites. The distillate of mulberry leaves can also be used to treat eye diseases.

Mulberry branches: young branches of the mulberry tree, harvested in late spring and early summer. It is bitter and flat in nature, and enters the liver meridian. It is good at eliminating rheumatism, dredging meridians, benefiting joints, and promoting the flow of water vapor. It is mostly used to treat rheumatic pain, limb cramps, edema, itching and other symptoms, especially good at treating upper limb pain. It can be boiled into a decoction or paste for internal consumption, or boiled in water for external washing.

In addition, after burning the branches of the mulberry tree, juice can be dripped out, which is called mulberry juice. "Compendium of Materia Medica" and other books record that it can treat "wind sores and scabies", tetanus, and children's facial sores.

Mulberry root: Mulberry root is dug up in winter and its cork is removed for medicinal use. It is sweet and cold in nature, enters the lung and spleen meridians, and has the functions of clearing the lungs and relieving asthma, promoting water circulation and reducing swelling. It is often used to treat lung heat, cough and asthma, excessive sputum, edema, athlete's foot, and difficulty urinating.

It is often used in decoctions and powders, and can also be mashed into juice or decocted in water for external use. Mulberry root with skin can also be used as medicine. It is recorded in books that it tastes slightly bitter and is neutral in nature. It can treat epilepsy, muscle and bone pain, hypertension, red eyes, thrush, metrorrhagia, etc. In addition, the white juice in the bark of the whole mulberry tree is called mulberry bark juice, which can cure children's mouth ulcers and traumatic bleeding.

Mulberry tree is a very common tree, cultivated all over my country, and mostly planted in Zhejiang. The flowers and fruits of mulberry tree have rich medicinal value, and mulberry fruit is sweet and delicious. The mulberry tree itself has a good effect on treating bronchitis, asthma, hypertension, and promoting blood circulation. In addition, the medicinal value of mulberry tree has yet to be explored.