The medicinal properties of mulberry leaves

Mulberry trees are full of treasure. Mulberry trees are full of treasure. Not to mention anything else, in terms of medicinal functions alone, mulberry leaves, mulberry branches, mulberry white skin, mulberries, etc. are all commonly used traditional Chinese medicines in clinical practice. As early as in the "Shennong Materia Medica", its medical effects were recorded. According to Chinese medicine literature, mulberry leaves can evacuate wind heat, relieve heat, and nourish yin and vitality; Mulberry can nourish the yin and blood, replenish weakness and moisturize; Sangroot white bark can relieve asthma and reduce swelling; Mulberry branches can activate the meridians, remove paralysis and relieve pain; The ash burned by mulberry trees is called mulberry firewood ash, which can also be used to treat red and painful eyes, blue blindness, edema, inability to sit and lie down, vitiligo, head wind white flakes, leprosy and other symptoms.

Many classic Chinese medicine recipes, such as mulberry ju drink for treating external wind and heat, mulberry pills for the treatment of insufficient sperm and blood and premature whiteness, mulberry apricot soup for treating dry and evil injuries to the lungs, coughing up blood, and mulberry pills for treating wind and heat paralysis, are composed of mulberry as the main medicine. It can be said that mulberry leaf is one of the few medicinal plants in Chinese medicine that can be used medicinally in all parts.