Medicinal value of mulberry
Mulberry is commonly known as mulberry fruit. It is a kind of aggregate fruit produced on the mulberry tree of the Moraceae plant. When young, it is green in color and sour in taste; when mature, it is purple in color, juicy and sweet in taste. Mulberry seeds, mulberry bark, mulberry leaves, and mulberry branches all work. Below is the knowledge about the medicinal value of mulberries that I have brought to you. Welcome to read.
Meridian distribution of nature and flavor
Sweet, sour, cold, non-toxic.
Pharmacological effects
Decoction of mulberry branches can moderately stimulate lymphocyte transformation. The white bark of mulberry roots also has a blood pressure lowering effect, but the roots and young leaves have no antihypertensive effect. Mulberry ointment is used for blood deficiency and wind, blood paralysis and wind paralysis, intestinal dryness and constipation in the elderly, restless night sleep, backache and early graying of beard and hair!
Chemical composition
Ripe mulberry fruit contains reeds Rutin, carotene, vitamins A, B1, B2 and C, protein, sugar, alkaloids, cardiac glycosides, lipids (62.6%), free acids (26.8%), alcohols (1.6%), volatile oils (1%), tannins, cyanidin, etc. Unripe green mulberries contain cyanic acid. Mulberry leaves contain large amounts of carotene and tannins. Mulberry bark contains reducing sugar, polypentose and galactose anhydride.
The potassium, sodium, chlorine and pH of mulberry were measured. The results were: pH 6.5, potassium 23.6, sodium 10.4, chlorine 1.0. (Potassium, sodium, and chlorine contents are milligram equivalents in 100g of traditional Chinese medicine).
Functions and Indications
Mulberry: Nourishes blood and nourishes yin, produces body fluids and moisturizes dryness. It is used for dizziness, tinnitus, palpitations and insomnia, premature graying of hair and beard, thirst for body fluids and wounds, elimination of internal heat, and constipation due to blood deficiency. .
Young mulberry: the branches remove rheumatism and treat arm pain.
Mulberry root and white bark: diuretic, relieving cough and treating edema.
Rheumatic joint pain, paralysis and various neuralgias:
30 to 60 grams of fresh black mulberry, decoction in water. Or mulberry paste, take one spoonful each time with warm water and a small amount of rice wine.
Anemia, neurasthenia, ankle and knee pain, limb paralysis, hemiplegia after stroke, dry stool:
Take one spoonful of mulberry ointment, 2-3 times a day, mixed with warm water Dissolve with a little rice wine.
Night sweats:
30 grams of mulberry leaves, stir-fried, grated, decoction and drink instead of tea.
Amenorrhea:
Add 15 grams of mulberry, 3 grams of safflower, and 12 grams of Millet Spatholobus, add rice wine and water to simmer, and take it warmly twice a day.
Usage precautions:
It is contraindicated for those with spleen and stomach deficiency and diarrhea. ;