In the past, mulberry leaves were only eaten by silkworms, and people could only eat mulberries. But now, mulberry leaves have really become a kind of food for people. More precisely, mulberry leaves have become a kind of food. 20 14 someone cooked a dish with the buds of mulberry leaves for the first time, which was loved by many people because of its delicious taste. Mulberry bud was called mulberry bud, and mulberry bud began to walk slowly to the table.
The most common way to eat mulberry buds is to wash them, blanch them with hot water to remove bitterness, cut them into small pieces and mix them with flour, which can be steamed into vegetable cakes, steamed buns or fried.
Mulberry buds are common, but they do have many benefits. Mulberry leaf is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine with great medicinal value in ancient times, which has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials. However, when it is used as a medicinal material, it is usually dried mulberry leaves, especially frosted leaves, which have the best efficacy, not fresh leaves.
So in general, mulberry leaves can be regarded as something that can be used as medicine and food, but I believe that for many people, eating mulberry leaves is still a rare thing!
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Mulberry is an economic plant planted in ancient times, but it is not ordinary. There are treasures everywhere, especially the frosted mulberry leaves.
Mulberry leaves are collected from mulberry trees, and the most common use is to feed silkworms. In ancient times, farmers were advised to teach mulberry trees and encouraged to plant them. Nowadays, mulberry leaves are collected and eaten, and thorns are really unheard of. The most common use is medicine. Mulberry is actually just a kind of medicinal material. Its roots, bark, branches and leaves and fruit mulberry seeds can all be used as medicine, while mulberry leaves are more common.
Mulberry leaves used as medicine are old leaves, which generally do not need tender leaves, but it is better to scrub old mulberry leaves, and the old leaves should be dried and reused. There are records about the use of mulberry leaves as medicine in ancient books such as Ben Feng Jing Yuan, Ben Bei Yao, Ben Cao Meng and Ben Ben fen Jing.
Many strange things are eaten by people as food, such as nettles, peppers, bedbugs and so on. In recent years, some people have picked the tender buds of mulberry trees to eat as vegetables, which is euphemistically called "medicated diet". In fact, this is not grandstanding. Mulberry bud is very nutritious and popular in some places. They are called mulberry bud or Mulberry Leaves, which can be mixed with flour pancakes or steamed bread like acacia flowers, and can also be used as cold dishes and hot pot.
With the development of economy, many behaviors began to "feed back". What was once "the most annoying thing" has now become the object of everyone's "pursuit". What was the first thing that scared me before? Now I can't wait to avoid it. There are mulberry trees in every rural area. As people who grew up in the countryside, they have a story with mulberries and mulberries. They either raise silkworms to make money, or climb trees to eat mulberries. Mulberry is the "treasure tree" of rural families, which can not only maintain the livelihood of a family, but also bear rich fruits. Mulberry is famous for its delicacy. Mulberry, which I used to eat when I was a child, is now sold as fruit in the city, and the price is not cheap. I passed a fruit shop in the morning, and it was as high as 15 yuan/kg. I secretly praised: forget it, it is so expensive to sell.
People "feed back" because it was common to eat mulberries before. Have you seen mulberry leaves? Some people may be surprised that this is obviously what silkworm babies eat. People who eat the essence of food don't even let go of the food of silkworm babies? As rural people, sometimes they don't understand the world of this kind of behavior. Not only mulberry leaves, rural purslane, sweet potato vine, dandelion, etc. are very common, and even the weeds that feed pigs have become sought after "game". However, since some people eat mulberry leaves, it must be valuable. They won't eat mulberry leaves because they are hungry. Do you know the value of mulberry leaves?
In fact, the surprising behavior of eating mulberry leaves is not without reason. Mulberry leaf itself is also a kind of medicinal material, which can be used as medicine after drying, especially after frosting. Has the effects of dispelling pathogenic wind, clearing away heat, clearing lung-heat, moistening dryness, clearing liver-fire and improving eyesight. Many classical expositions in ancient times were recorded in detail, such as Mistakes in Materia Medica, New Editions of Materia Medica, Materia Medica Deserve, etc., which all gave high value to mulberry leaves. Therefore, from the medical point of view, mulberry leaves have great value and can be used to treat corresponding diseases.
In addition, tender mulberry leaves are also a delicious source of tea and wild vegetables. My uncle does a little business in the city. He goes home at this time every year, picks mulberry leaves at the door of grandma's hometown and takes them back to make tea or soup. It is said to be effective for virtual fire caused by dry weather. After a while, my uncle will come back to pick lotus leaves and go back to dry and make tea. Of course, in addition to making tea and soup, some people even eat it directly for cold salad or stir-fry, but mulberry leaves are bitter and not everyone can eat them. If you don't believe me, you can try. Therefore, many seemingly insignificant things in rural areas actually have great functions and values.
When it comes to mulberry leaves, the first thing that comes to mind is nibbling. Then the silkworm baby is actually an insect of Bombycidae, the main source of silk raw materials. It is a very delicate animal, so its requirements for food are extremely high. Mulberry leaves, as the main food of silkworms, must not be sprayed with pesticides before picking, otherwise our silkworm babies will die.
Friends who have raised silkworm babies know that the life span of silkworm babies is only 20 days, and every day in these 20 days is the same. Almost every time you go to see them, they are eating mulberry leaves with relish, which makes them fat, which shows that mulberry leaves are rich in nutrition.
According to China Pharmacopoeia, mulberry leaves are sweet, bitter and cold, and enter the lung and liver meridians. Dispelling wind and clearing heat, clearing lung and moistening dryness, clearing liver and improving eyesight. Therefore, frosted mulberry leaves are also blindly Chinese medicine.
With the development and progress, modern people pay more and more attention to health preservation. Of course, more people choose to eat mulberry leaf vegetables, use mulberry leaf powder to make cakes and steamed bread, and use mulberry leaf tea instead of green tea.
My family and I have personally experienced that drinking mulberry leaf tea for a long time has a certain effect on lightening spots, lowering blood fat, lowering blood sugar and relaxing bowels, but it is not so immediate. In addition, mulberry leaves are cold, so it is best to consult a doctor when eating mulberry leaves.
The above is just a personal opinion. Welcome to the comments.
Mulberry leaf is the dry leaf of mulberry and the main food of silkworm, also known as "silkworm leaf". It is shaped like a fan, with a slightly sharp top, serrated edges and a heart-shaped bottom.
As a traditional Chinese medicine, mulberry leaves picked after first frost in late autumn can only be used as medicine. If mulberry leaves are harvested in spring and summer, the curative effect will be greatly reduced or even no curative effect, so the prescription of traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes "frosted mulberry leaves"
Mulberry leaves, bitter and cold in nature, have many functions. Chinese medicine says that it can "disperse wind and heat, clear lung and moisten dryness, calm liver and subdue yang, clear liver and improve eyesight" and can treat many diseases. However, there is no mention of night sweats and uterine bleeding. When we study Chinese medicine, we will find a phenomenon that blind use of Chinese medicine can usually treat many diseases, and there are many kinds of Chinese medicines for a disease, which brings some difficulties to our learning and memory, but we don't know which Chinese medicine to choose when treating diseases. However, if we can master the mystery behind the action of drugs, we can simplify them and use them freely.
Mulberry is as good as tea. In spring, walnuts, elms, elm leaves, elm bark and Sophora japonica can be steamed and eaten. Mulberry leaves can also be eaten as vegetables and leaves, and it is also a traditional Chinese medicine for resolving phlegm and reducing fire. I have drunk mulberry leaves, nutmeg leaves, cypress leaves, pine needles and privet tea for many years.
There is a large mulberry tree in the backyard of Huayin base of the Fourth Medical University. I was almost 50 years old ten years ago. I climb on mulberry trees all year round, looking at Huashan Mountain in the south, which is connected with other Qinling Mountains, undulating, looking at the shapes of animals and birds on the top of the mountain, and watching the blue sky and white clouds drifting on the top of the mountain.
Watch the stepped courtyards crisscross the barren beach, and then watch the surging fairy fish water gush out and run along the river wrapped in rocks. The rocks left in the river were polished into white circles by the rolling river and scattered in the river. Usually, they go swimming in the swimming pool in summer and pick up stones in winter.
Looking to the north and outside the wall, the old farmers know that they are working hard in the fields, and they can't see anything in the mountains in the south, and they are tired of aesthetics.
In Weihe River, the endless northern plain beach, mulberry leaves germinate and are picked and fed to silkworms. When silkworms grow up and spin silks into pupae, they are placed in a square box, and the spun silks are made into clothes, quilts and prayers.
In a few days, green mulberries will grow, and you will eat red, purple and black mulberries.
Sleeping on the fork in the middle of mulberry trees, it is not easy to think about the future, recall the past and spend a leisurely time waiting for retirement today.
Steamed rice with mulberry leaves is sticky and chewy, with long fragrance and endless aftertaste.
Why do some people start eating mulberry leaves now? What's the use of eating this thing?
Mulberry is a kind of tree native to China. Since ancient times, mulberry leaves have been famous for raising silkworms to produce silk and eating mulberries. Good question. Why do people start eating mulberry leaves now? What's the use? Let me talk about this problem.
In the past, people knew that mulberry leaves were used for sericulture and medicine, but in modern times, in the process of studying the value of mulberry leaves, it was found through experiments that mulberry leaves contained a large number of nutrients needed by the human body, mainly ketones, amino acids, polysaccharides, vitamins, organic acids, fibers, phenols, steroids and other substances. These substances are beneficial to human health, so it is reasonable and not surprising that people pick the tender leaves and buds of mulberry trees to eat.
The main edible method of mulberry leaves is to clean the tender leaves and buds picked home, and then blanch them to make cold dishes, cakes, soups, cakes and mulberry leaf tea. What needs to be reminded here is that mulberry leaves contain some medicinal functional substances, so eat less when eating, and then be sure to blanch before cooking, so as to be delicious and refreshing.
Of course, mulberry leaves have other uses, so I won't go into details here.
Mulberry leaves are cold, so don't eat more. Eat a little imitation occasionally! Frosted mulberry leaves are compatible with chrysanthemum, and mulberry chrysanthemum drink is used to treat colds.
I really remember raising silkworms when I was a child. I remember when I was in primary school. At that time, many people raised silkworms on the dining table in spring. A piece of paper is made into a small box with several silkworms in it. At that time, people often brought mulberry leaves to feed silkworms.
I never thought that people could eat mulberry leaves before. When I was a child, I ate mulberries. After eating, my mouth is red and black. But mulberries are still delicious.
Don't talk about mulberry leaves until now, I feel that all kinds of grass leaves can be eaten. Now there are a lot of wild vegetables on the internet, and I feel that nothing can't be eaten.
However, mulberry leaves can really be eaten. Although we didn't eat mulberry leaves before, we did have mulberry leaf tea, which was used by rural elderly people. At that time, some old people in the countryside made tea with mulberry leaves. Of course, some people now use mulberry leaves to cook. I've tried this myself, stir-fry and cold salad. Mulberry leaves are edible, but they may not taste as good as many people say.
The advantages of mulberry leaves are there. Mulberry leaves can clear liver, improve eyesight, relieve inflammation and swelling, clear lung heat, reduce blood sugar and soothe the nerves, and so on. Therefore, the benefits of eating mulberry leaves are still many. For example, there are mulberry leaves in the TCM diagnosis and treatment plan for influenza A (H7N9).
I have even seen restaurants, hot pots, mulberry health food restaurants, farmhouses and so on with the theme of mulberry leaves on the Internet before. It can be seen that mulberry leaves have indeed been gradually accepted by people.
However, the benefits of mulberry leaves are there, and you can't eat more. Eating too much still has some influence. Eating mulberry leaves will affect physical fitness, leading to weak physical fitness and listlessness. For some people with weak spleen and stomach, they should eat less.
Many things happen in the world: uniform periodicity. Since modern times, people have eaten flour and rice, so it is advisable to mix miscellaneous grains. Modern life refers to the past and seeks the original elements, thus becoming a reality. People pick wild vegetables and eat more or less salt-free vegetables, forming a scientific concept. Rural people envy the life of urban people and are already overwhelmed. Extremely green mulberry leaves are green food for human beings. Will it come like the sky?