The similarities and differences in the main therapeutic effects of mulberry leaves and chrysanthemums are as follows:
Similar points: dispersing wind-heat, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, calming the liver and subduing yang, used for superficial syndromes of wind-heat and early febrile diseases , liver heat, red eyes, blurred vision, dizziness, headache, dizziness, etc. caused by excessive liver yang.
Same but different: mulberry leaves are better than chrysanthemums in dispersing wind and heat; chrysanthemums are better than mulberry leaves in clearing the liver and improving eyesight, calming the liver and subduing yang.
Differences: Mulberry leaves can clear the lungs and moisturize dryness, cool blood and stop bleeding, and treat lung-heat coughs, dryness coughs, blood-heat syndrome, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, etc.; chrysanthemums can also clear away heat and detoxify, and treat sores and ulcers. Swelling and poisoning are the difference between the two.