In the earliest collection of poems in my country, " Book of Songs ", there are several poems: "The mulberry leaves have not fallen, and their leaves are fertile. I sigh, I have no mulberry!" The last two sentences mean: "Oh those little turtledoes, don't eat mulberry with greed."
Mulberries are not only a delicious food, but also a nourishing medicine. Mulberries are first published in "New Materia Medica" in the Tang Dynasty. This taste is sweet, sour, and cold in nature. It is a yin-tonifying medicine in tonic medicine . It belongs to the heart, liver, and kidney meridians. It has the effects of nourishing yin and blood, promoting fluid and quenching thirst, moistening dryness and relaxing bowel movements. Pharmacological research shows that this product has the effects of enhancing immunity, promoting hematopoiesis, improving sleep, delaying aging, lowering glycemic and lipids. The commonly used dose of decoction is 10-15 grams.
nourishes yin and replenishes blood
is mainly used for dizziness, tinnitus, dark eyes, premature white hair, etc. caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency .
Produce fluid and quench thirst
Sweet and nourish, sour taste produces fluid and cold can clear heat. "Newly Revised Materia Medica" records that mulberries "maintain thirst" and "Compendium of Materia Medica" records this product "eat alone to quench thirst". Used for thirst in body fluids and internal heat to cure thirst. Pharmacological studies have shown that mulberry polysaccharides have certain lowering glycemic activities.
Moisturize dryness and relieve constipation
Intestines dry and dry, and no water and boat stops, which can cause constipation; mulberries can moisturize dryness and produce saliva, increase water and boating, and treat yin deficiency and constipation.
pounding juice to relieve alcohol
"Compendium of Materia Medica" says that mulberries "mash juice and drink to relieve alcohol poisoning". Based on pharmacological research, some people have developed a prescription for hangover consisting of mulberries, citrus and green fruit .
external black hair
"Compendium of Materia Medica" says that mulberries can "pull white and turn black", and quote Chenzangqi materia Medica: "One pound of black mud, one pound of tadpoles pound, the bottle is closed, suspended in the east of the house for 100 days, and it turns into black mud to dye white hair like lacquer." Perhaps considering that some people do not like or are inconvenient to use tadpoles, another method for treating "whiteness and not growing" is recorded later: "Black ripe mulberries are soaked in the sun, rubbed, and make the black resurrection." Interested friends can try it.
prolongs life
"Compendium of Materia Medica" says that mulberries "have not hungry for a long time, and they will calm their souls and calm their spirits, make people smart, and will never grow old." Research shows that mulberry anthocyanin , mulberry polyphenols and other ingredients have certain anti-aging effects.
Mulberry leavesSilks make clothes, mulberries have a stomachache. Mulberries are delicious, but because of their cold medicinal properties, people with yang deficiency and should not use them more often. Although some ingredients in mulberries have certain lowering effects on sugar, fresh mulberries have high sugar content. diabetic patients can only taste it and should not be used too much.
References
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[2] Zhao Xiuling, Fan Daochun. Research progress of physiological active ingredients, extraction and detection of mulberry and pharmacological effects [J]. Journal of Drug Analysis, 2017, 37(03): 378-385.
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