Mulberry leaf is the king of plants, and it has the reputation of "ginseng tonifies heat and mulberry leaves tonifies clear". Tea brewed with mulberry leaves is clear and bright, fragrant and sweet, fresh and mellow, refreshing. Regular drinking of mulberry leaf tea is beneficial to health care, prolonging life, lowering blood sugar, reducing blood viscosity, reducing weight and fat, eliminating sores and removing spots, and delaying aging. Although mulberry leaf tea has many benefits to the body, it is not suitable for eating more. If you take too much mulberry leaf tea, it will easily damage the spleen and stomach, leading to loss of appetite and nausea. Let's take a look at the efficacy and taboos of mulberry leaf tea. First, the efficacy and role of mulberry leaf tea

1, hypoglycemic

Mulberry leaf tea contains N- sugar compounds, which have pharmacological effects of inhibiting the increase of blood sugar and can be used to prevent and treat diabetes. Mulberry leaves can inhibit the increase of blood sugar, and its main functional component is "alkaloid" in mulberry leaves, which has a special function and is not found in other animals and plants. The Japanese medical community calls this special ingredient "DNJ" substance. Its main function is to inhibit the decomposition of sucrase, maltase, α-glucosyl and α-amylase, stimulate insulin secretion and slow down the decomposition rate of insulin.

2, reduce blood viscosity

Patients with hyperlipidemia have high blood viscosity, and the flow in capillaries is particularly unsmooth. Capillary is only1100 as thick as our hair, so it is easy to block. Both myocardial infarction and cerebral hemorrhage are the results of capillary blockage. Mulberry leaf tea contains flavonoids that strengthen capillaries and reduce blood viscosity, so it can prevent myocardial infarction and cerebral hemorrhage while losing weight and improving hyperlipidemia.

Step 3 lose weight and clear fat

Mulberry leaf tea can lose weight, which is related to the "detumescence" and "clearing blood" effects of mulberry leaves. Mulberry leaf tea can reduce swelling, because mulberry leaves are good for water. Diuresis is different from diuresis. Diuresis can not only promote urination, but also discharge excess water accumulated in cells. So mulberry leaf tea can improve the so-called edema phenomenon. Clearing blood is to remove excess neutral fat and cholesterol from blood. Excessive increase of neutral fat or cholesterol in blood is hyperlipidemia. Therefore, fat people are mostly patients with hyperlipidemia. Mulberry leaf tea can improve this hyperlipidemia.

4, eliminate sores and freckle

Studies have proved that mulberry leaf tea also has a good skin care effect, especially for acne and brown spots on the face. Mulberry leaf tea is rich in flavonoids, phenols, amino acids, organic acids, carotene, vitamins and many trace elements necessary for human body, which has a positive effect on improving and regulating the metabolism of skin tissue, especially inhibiting the occurrence and development of pigmentation. In addition, drinking regularly can also reduce the accumulation of lipofuscin (senile plaque) in skin or viscera.

5, delay aging

Mulberry leaf tea has nourishing, anti-aging and nervous system function similar to ginseng, which can relieve emotional excitement caused by physiological changes, improve the activity of superoxide dismutase in the body, prevent the production of harmful substances in the body, and reduce or eliminate lipofuscin that has been produced and accumulated in the body. It can also regulate the body's ability to respond to stress stimuli, enhance the body's tolerance and delay aging.

Second, what are the side effects of soaking mulberry leaves in water?

Mulberry leaves are rich in chlorophyll, so whether they are boiled or brewed with boiling water, the leaves are blue. At the same time, mulberry leaves have a faint fragrance, feel very refreshing, and basically have no side effects.

Mulberry leaves are widely used. Patients with stomachache or insomnia can not only take it, but also make their bodies recover well. However, if we want to use mulberry leaves scientifically, some precautions still need to be understood.

The specific precautions for soaking mulberry leaves in water are as follows:

Although mulberry leaf tea has many benefits to the body, it can treat excessive internal heat, stomachache and insomnia, but it is not suitable for eating more. Compendium of Materia Medica records in detail that if you take mulberry leaf tea in excess, it will damage the essence and blood in your body, and at the same time, your spleen and stomach will become cold. If you do it for a long time, you will get worse and worse, even get sick, and your spirit will become depressed. Therefore, we must pay attention to the right amount of soaked mulberry leaves every day, and don't take too much.

The disadvantages of soaking mulberry leaves in water and drinking too much are not only easy to damage the spleen and stomach, but also easy to lead to worse complexion, even loss of appetite and nausea. It may also cause thirst in the body; If we drink mulberry leaf tea on an empty stomach, the tea will directly pass through our kidney meridian, which is very unfavorable to the kidney.

3. Can I drink mulberry leaf tea during menstruation?