Mulberry was a royal tonic for Emperor China more than 2, years ago. Mulberry has always been used as food and Chinese herbal medicine, and has long been used as fruit and Chinese herbal medicine. Both traditional medicine and modern medicine regard mulberry as a good product for disease prevention and health care. In 1993, the Ministry of Health listed mulberry as one of the agricultural products "both food and medicine". Mulberry has the functional characteristics of rich nutrition, preventing and treating diseases and delaying aging, and is widely used in food and medicine.
1. Rich nutrition
Mulberry fruit is very rich in nutrients. According to the determination, Mulberry is rich in protein, many essential amino acids, fructose and glucose which are easily absorbed by human body. It contains vitamins such as VB1, VB2, VB3, VB5, VB6, Vc and VE, mineral elements such as Fe, Ca and Zn, trace elements such as selenium, carotene and cellulose. In addition, it also contains active polysaccharides, flavonoids and rutin and other pharmacological components. As a food, mulberry is fresh, sweet and sour, and it can promote the production of body fluid to quench thirst. Besides fresh food, it can also be made into canned mulberry, mulberry wine, mulberry paste, mulberry jelly, mulberry juice drink, mulberry yogurt, mulberry jam, mulberry red pigment extraction and so on. Mulberry is a rare fresh fruit in the off-season of spring fruit, which can adjust the fruit market and meet people's demand for fruit.
2. Prevention and treatment of diseases
Mulberry, sweet in taste and cold in nature, has the effects of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, nourishing yin and blood, nourishing liver and kidney, consolidating essence and preventing miscarriage, blackening beard and hair, improving hearing and eyesight, delaying aging, calming the nerves and nourishing the heart, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels, strengthening walking, calming asthenic wind, clearing asthenic fire, benefiting joints, removing rheumatism and relieving alcoholism. Medicine is often used to treat diabetes, dizziness, insomnia, tinnitus, body fluid deficiency, rheumatism, constipation, weakness, premature gray hair and neurasthenia. In addition, modern medicine has begun to study and focus on six kinds of disease prevention and health care functions of Mulberry, including anti-cancer and anti-mutation, enhancing immunity, protecting kidney and liver, preserving face and anti-aging, promoting the growth of hematopoietic cells and lowering blood sugar and blood lipid. In particular, Mulberry contains a substance called RES, which can stimulate some genes in human body to inhibit the growth of cancer cells and prevent the formation of embolism in blood cells. In addition, mulberry can also prevent cell mutation caused by carcinogens.
3. Anti-aging
Mulberry has a variety of active ingredients, which have the functions of regulating the immune function of the body, promoting the growth of hematopoietic cells, lowering blood sugar, lowering blood fat, lowering blood pressure, protecting the liver and resisting AIDS. It is widely used in clinic, especially for middle-aged and elderly people and delaying aging. The experiment on delaying aging of mulberry juice shows that the aging of the body is closely related to the lipid peroxidation induced by oxygen free radicals. Mulberry juice can effectively scavenge free radicals and resist lipid peroxidation, which may be related to the rich natural antioxidant components such as VC, β-carotene, selenium and flavonoids. Mulberry juice can resist oxidation, delay aging and moisturize and beautify skin by improving immune function.
dietotherapy to remove white hair
To treat white hair, besides drugs, you can also use mulberry dietotherapy:
Wash 1g of fresh mulberry (or 5g of dried mulberry), add appropriate amount of water, take the decoction once every 3 minutes, then add water and cook it again, * * * take the decoction twice. After the decoctions are combined, they are decocted and concentrated with low fire. When they are thick, add 3 grams of honey to boil and stop fire. After cooling, bottle them for later use. 1 tablespoon each time, brewed with boiling water, twice a day.
Mulberry brown sugar drink
Mulberry trees are occasionally seen in Hong Kong, which are mostly wild and usually inconspicuous. It is not until March and April that people are surprised to see their existence. In fact, mulberry is a treasure, and mulberry leaves, mulberry branches, white bark of mulberry roots and even fruit mulberry seeds can be used as medicine. "The Classic of Materia Medica" says: "Mulberry is the essence of mulberry." Mulberry is high in iron and vitamin C, which is a good product for nourishing blood, so it is suitable for women with postpartum hemorrhage and weak body.
Mulberry is a fruit, but most people regard it as a wild fruit. It tastes sour and sweet, and has a fragrant smell. However, immature Mulberry may cause abnormalities in the digestive tract and hinder the absorption of iron and calcium, so it is inedible.
Chinese medicine believes that mulberry is cold and sweet, and has the functions of nourishing liver, tonifying kidney, calming wind and nourishing fluid, and is mainly used for treating liver and kidney deficiency, quenching thirst, constipation, dim eyes, tinnitus, canthus and arthralgia. Mulberry paste, mulberry honey and mulberry juice, Chinese patent medicines, are both food and health care products, which are of great benefit to middle-aged and elderly people.
It is very helpful for some neurasthenia, insomnia and forgetfulness to use mulberry and Ziziphus jujuba seeds to decoct water instead of tea. People with dim eyes, premature gray hair and mental decline can be conditioned by mulberry and Polygonum multiflorum decoction; White lips, cold feet, deafness and dizziness caused by anemia are quite effective when stewed with mulberry and longan meat. These are commonly used folk dietotherapy.
Mulberry paste can actually be prepared by itself. Take half a catty of Mulberry (preferably fresh fruit), Fructus Lycii and Fructus Jujubae (with stones removed), add water and decoct into paste, then add a catty of white sugar, and stir until it is dissolved. Take one tablespoon each morning and evening, which is of great benefit to people who are weak, dizzy, weak in limbs, emaciated and mentally ill after illness.
Modern research found that mulberry contains carotene, vitamins B1, B2, C, sugar, tannin, malic acid and various organic acids, which not only helps to protect eyesight, but also accelerates the secretion of gastric juice, promotes gastrointestinal peristalsis, and can improve the symptoms of indigestion and habitual constipation.
"Mulberry Brown Sugar Drink" is a folk dietotherapy, which has the functions of soothing the liver, regulating qi, nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, and is suitable for liver depression with irregular menstruation. Symptoms include irregular menstruation, varying menstrual flow, breast pain during menstruation, chest tightness and irritability, and fullness of lower abdomen. The ingredients are one or two mulberries, a proper amount of brown sugar, and they are decocted in water for about half an hour.
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Mulberry honey juice: 5g Mulberry, add appropriate amount of water and cook. Take the juice once every 3 minutes, add water and cook, and take the juice three times. Finally, the soup obtained three times is combined and decocted with low fire until it becomes thick, and appropriate amount of honey is added. Take it out, bottle it and put it in the refrigerator for later use. Take one spoonful each time with boiling water, once in the afternoon and once in the evening.