The medicine book that recorded mulberry leaves in the early days was Shennong Herbal Classic, and there were many records in later generations. Mulberry leaves are sweet, bitter and cold, and have the effects of dispersing wind and heat, clearing liver and improving eyesight. There are mulberry leaves in "Sangju Drink", "Sangxing Decoction" and "Sangma Pill".
Mulberry leaves have a special effect, which may not be familiar to everyone, and that is antiperspirant. Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica says: Mulberry leaves are "bitter, sweet, cold, slightly toxic, controlling cold, heat and sweating". Compendium of Materia Medica says: "Frosted mulberry leaves should be taken at the end, except for cold and heat and night sweats." Deserved Materia Medica: Mulberry leaves are sweet in taste and cold in nature. Yangming meridian of human hands and feet. Clear the dryness of the west and cleanse the reality of the east. Eliminate wind and heat, benefit joints, soothe the liver and stop sweating. "It can be seen that grinding mulberry leaves alone can cure sweating." Compendium of Materia Medica not only has similar records, but also has vivid medical records: mulberry leaves "stop night sweats, Yanzhou has monks." Every time I lie on the pillow, I sweat all over, and my clothes and quilts are all through, which can't be cured for 20 years. Jiansi teaches picking mulberry leaves with dew, baking them into powder, drinking two yuan of hollow rice, and recovering in a few days. "
Physicians of past dynasties also have a lot of experience. Zhu Danxi, one of the four famous doctors in Jin and Yuan Dynasties, often used mulberry leaves to treat night sweats. He recorded in the book "Danxi Heart Method": "Frosted mulberry leaves are ground into powder, and rice is taken to stop night sweats." Fu Qingzhu, a famous doctor in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, was very good at using mulberry leaves to stop sweating, and also created many prescriptions with mulberry leaves as the main medicine, such as antiperspirant pills, antiperspirant pills, antiperspirant pills and so on. When treating night sweats and spontaneous sweating, Lu, a famous old Chinese medicine doctor, often uses mulberry leaves alone and grinds them with 9~ 15g decoction or 6 ~ 9g. Mr Qin Bowei also likes to use mulberry leaves to treat sweating on the head and face. It can be seen that mulberry leaves have a origin in antiperspirant.
Mulberry leaves are also good health products. Modern pharmacological research shows that mulberry leaves contain flavonoids, polysaccharides, alkaloids, phytosterols, volatile oil, chloroacetic acid, vitamins and trace elements, and have many pharmacological activities such as lowering blood sugar, lowering blood fat, lowering blood pressure, resisting bacteria and viruses, and resisting aging. They are widely used in prevention and health care, and sometimes they can be effective when used alone. It's really simple, convenient, effective and cheap. Here are some examples for your reference:
1. Diabetes: Fresh mulberry leaves are brewed with boiling water instead of tea. The daily consumption is 10~20g, and the fresh mulberry leaves are doubled.
2. Otitis media: Take some fresh mulberry leaves and mash them to get juice. Drop 1~2 drops into the ear every time, three times a day. It is suitable for otitis media, such as earache, ear swelling and pus discharge.
Treatment of chloasma: Take dried mulberry logs and soak them in boiling water every time instead of tea. Take 1 dose every day for more than 20 days, and it will take effect. Facial stains will partially disappear or fade, and those with mild stains can basically recover after taking 1 month.
4. Eye diseases: Take 15~20 pieces of frosted mulberry leaves, put them into a medicine pot, add about 100g of water, boil for 15 minutes, then take a hot steam bath with your eyes facing the pot, and then wash your eyes with mulberry leaves once a day in the morning and evening, which is effective for acute eye inflammation and blurred vision of the elderly.
5. Fire and water burns: appropriate amount of frosted mulberry leaves and appropriate amount of borneol. Mulberry leaves are burnt to ashes, ground into fine powder, scattered in the rest place, and then scattered when they are dry.
Mulberry leaves are rich in copper, which can prevent hair and skin from turning white. 50g of frost mulberry leaves or fresh mulberry leaves are taken, the stems are removed and ground into powder; Another 250 grams of black sesame seeds are fried and ground; Mixing with white sugar or making into honeyed pills. Take 20 grams with boiling water every morning and evening. Long-term persistence can make white hair black and rosy, and prevent baldness.
Acne is an inflammatory skin disease common in young people. After entering adolescence, the secretion of sex hormones in the body is strong, which promotes the secretion of sebaceous glands to increase, leading to sebum deposition, blocking the mouth of hair follicles and easily forming acne. Treat acne with mulberry leaf decoction, take 50 grams of fresh mulberry leaves every day and decoct them in water for 3 times. Generally, it can be valid for 15 days. If you take a proper amount of fresh mulberry leaves and apply them to acne after rotting for 30 minutes every day, you will also have satisfactory results.
Brown spots on the face often plague many women, and can be treated with mulberry leaves: take 5 oog of winter mulberry leaves, put them in water for cooking and disinfection, remove impurities, and dry them for later use. Take 15g daily, and brew with boiling water as tea. 1 month is a course of treatment. Generally, after taking it for 20 days, the curative effect is obvious, and the plaque fades or the pigment becomes lighter. During the treatment, you should eat more soy products, such as tofu and bean sprouts.
Mulberry leaves bathing is also of great benefit to beauty. Take 50- 100g of dry mulberry leaves with cream, put them in a pot, add water 10- 15 minutes, then pour them into a bathtub for cooling and bathing. Non-degreasing is a good bodybuilding bath, and people with rough skin can make their skin tender as soon as possible. If you take a proper amount of winter mulberry leaves, add water and decoct them for 15 minutes, then remove the residue to get juice, then heat and concentrate, and store them in the refrigerator for later use. When washing your face every morning, add 30 ml of winter mulberry leaf decoction to the washing water, which can treat facial freckles and black spots and make your skin white and bright.
Mulberry leaves are delicious and have no side effects. In ancient China, mulberry leaves were used to replace tea as a drink to keep young. Recently, the Japanese Central Sericulture Research Institute developed mulberry tea with health care function, which is dark green in color and rich in high-quality protein, essential fatty acids, crude fiber, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, manganese and other nutrients. It is convenient to drink, and has the functions of promoting metabolism, blood circulation and relieving fatigue. In addition to mulberry leaf tea, Japan has also introduced a series of foods such as mulberry leaf noodles, mulberry leaf biscuits and mulberry leaf wheat noodles, which are well received by the market.