The medicinal value of mulberry trees. Mulberry trees are deciduous trees of the Moraceae family. They are cultivated throughout the country, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and have a long history. The leaves, fruits, wood, branches, etc. of the mulberry tree can be used to feed silkworms, eat, make wine, make baskets, make paper, and make various utensils. At the same time, its leaves, roots, bark, twigs, ears, wood, parasites, etc. can also be used to prevent and control A cure for disease. Mulberry leaves: The leaves of mulberry trees, preferably those harvested after frost, are called frost mulberry leaves or winter mulberry leaves. Its nature and flavor are bitter, sweet and cold. It enters the lung and liver meridian and has the functions of dispersing wind and clearing away heat, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, moistening the lungs and relieving cough. It is often used to treat wind-heat colds, lung-heat coughs, liver-yang headaches and dizziness, red eyes and dizziness, blood-heat bleeding and night sweats. It is also used in modern times to treat elephantiasis of the lower limbs. It can be taken internally and externally, and has also been made into injections. In addition, the white sap exuded from fresh mulberry leaves after the veins are picked is called mulberry leaf juice. It tastes bitter and slightly cold. It is good at detoxifying, clearing away heat and stopping bleeding. It is mainly used to treat carbuncles, galls, traumatic bleeding and centipede bites. wait. The distillate of mulberry leaves can also be used to treat eye diseases. Mulberry branches: twigs of mulberry trees, harvested in late spring and early summer. Its nature and taste are bitter and flat, and it enters the liver meridian. It is good at dispelling rheumatism, dredging the meridians, sharpening the joints, and promoting the movement of water and qi. It is mostly used to treat rheumatic arthralgia, limb spasm, edema, body itching and other syndromes. It is especially good at treating upper limb arthralgia. It can be decoctioned or ointment taken internally, or decoctioned in water and washed externally. In addition, after burning the branches of the mulberry tree, the juice can be drained, which is called Sangli. Books such as "Compendium of Materia Medica" record that it can treat "gale scabies", tetanus, and children's body and face sores. Mulberry root: mulberry root is harvested in winter and its cork is removed for medicinal purposes. It is sweet and cold in nature, enters the lung and spleen meridian, has the effect of purging the lungs and relieving asthma, promoting water and reducing swelling. It is often used to treat lung heat, cough, asthma, excessive phlegm, edema, athlete's foot, difficulty urinating and other symptoms. It is often added into decoctions and powders, and can also be made into juice or boiled in water for external use. The mulberry root can also be used as medicine when used with the skin. Books state that its taste is slightly bitter and neutral in nature. It can treat epilepsy, muscle and bone pain, high blood pressure, red eyes, thrush, metrorrhagia, etc. In addition, the white juice in the bark of the whole mulberry tree is called mulberry juice, which can treat aphtha and traumatic bleeding in children. Mulberry: The fruit of the mulberry tree, harvested in summer. Sweet and cold in nature, it returns to the heart, liver and kidney meridian, and has the functions of nourishing the liver and kidneys, nourishing yin and blood, promoting fluid production and moistening the intestines, and extinguishing wind. It is often used to treat dizziness, dark eyes, tinnitus, insomnia, premature graying of beard and hair, thirst in body fluids, wounds, intestinal dryness and constipation caused by yin deficiency and blood deficiency. It can be used for decoction, paste, raw food, soaking in wine, and external washing. Mulberry wood: The wood of the mulberry tree has three uses in medicine. First, the ash produced by burning the wood is called mulberry firewood ash, which can treat edema, bleeding sores, red and swollen eyes, etc. The second is to add water to mulberry firewood ash to make juice. After filtering and evaporating, the crystalline substance obtained is called mulberry frost, which can treat choking and carbuncle. The third is the nodules on the wood of old mulberry trees, which are called mulberry galls. The ancients believed that they can dispel wind and remove dampness, and treat rheumatic arthralgia, elderly crane's knee wind, etc. Unfortunately, mulberry wood is no longer used clinically. Mulberry tree parasite: The fungus that lives on mulberry trees is called mulberry ear in ancient medicine books. It has a sweet and mild taste and can treat intestinal wind, hemorrhoid bleeding, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, vaginal discharge, and abdominal pain in women. In addition, the locus commonly used in clinical practice is the branches and leaves of various plants of the Lobraceae family, but the ancients believed that the locust parasitic plant is better on the mulberry tree. Its nature and taste are bitter and flat, and enter the liver and kidney meridian. It is good at dispelling rheumatism, nourishing the liver and kidney, strengthening muscles and bones, and nourishing the body. Blood helps to prevent miscarriage. It is used to treat rheumatic arthralgia, waist and knee pain, women with metrorrhagia, vaginal discharge, fetal movement, etc.