[Nature, flavor, meridians] Bitter, sweet and cold, enters the lung and liver meridians.

[Function] Disperse wind-heat, clear liver and improve eyesight. It is used for symptoms such as exogenous wind-heat, headache and cough, lung-heat dryness cough, dry cough without phlegm, red and swollen eyes, blurred vision and excessive tears, liver-yang dizziness, and blurred vision.

The "Fusang Zhibao Dan" contained in the ancient Chinese medical book "Baosheng Yaolu" has the effects of "rejuvenating the appearance, replenishing marrow and essence, dispelling diseases and prolonging life", among which the medicine What are the ingredients? The answer will surprise people - mulberry leaves.

If mulberry leaves have not been frosted, taking them may cause side effects such as nausea, so it is better to collect them after frost in winter. ?Frost mulberry leaves have a special effect that may not be familiar to people, and that is antiperspirant. "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" says: Mulberry leaves "have a bitter, sweet and cold smell, are slightly poisonous, and are mainly used for sweating due to cold and heat." "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Mingshuang mulberry leaves can remove cold, heat and night sweats. Take it at the end." "Depei Materia Medica" states that mulberry leaves are "sweet and cold. It enters the Yangming Meridian of the hands and feet. It clears the dryness in the west and purges the essence in the east." "Removing wind and heat, benefiting the joints, soothing the liver, and stopping sweating." It can be seen that grinding mulberry leaves alone can cure sweating.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" not only contains similar records, but also vivid medical records: "After taking mulberry leaves to stop night sweats, there was a monk in Yanzhou who sweated all over his body every time he took a pillow." On the first day, the clothes and quilts were all exposed, and it could not be cured for twenty years. The prisoner taught me to collect mulberry leaves and bake them into powder. I drank two qian of hollow rice and it healed in a few days." Zhu Danxi, one of the famous doctors, often uses mulberry leaves to treat night sweats. He recorded in the book "Danxi Heart Method": "Grind the mulberry leaves into powder and drink it with rice to stop night sweats." Fu Qingzhu, a famous doctor in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, was very good at using mulberry leaves to stop sweating, and he also created many inventions. Prescriptions with mulberry leaves as the main medicine, such as Antiperspirant Pill, Jihan Pill, and Antiperspirant Dingshen Pill. ”

Lu Zhi, a famous Chinese medicine doctor, often uses mulberry leaves alone when treating night sweats and spontaneous sweating. He often uses 9 to 15g of decoction in water or 6 to 9g of powdered powder. Mr. Qin Boyei also likes to use mulberry leaves. Treats sweating on the head and face. It can be seen that mulberry leaves have antiperspirant properties.

Mulberry leaves are also very good health products. According to modern pharmacological research, mulberry leaves contain flavonoids, polysaccharides, and alkaloids. , phytosterols, volatile oils, amino acids, vitamins and trace elements and other chemical components. It has various pharmacological activities such as lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipids, lowering blood pressure, antibacterial and antiviral, anti-aging and other pharmacological activities. It is widely used in preventive health care, sometimes alone It is effective just by using it. It is simple, convenient, easy to use and inexpensive.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mulberry leaves are cold in nature and sweet in taste. , clear liver and improve eyesight, cool blood and stop bleeding, and help treat various diseases.

Numbness of hands and feet: 30 grams of mulberry leaves, or add 20 grams of cinnamon twig, 10 grams of achyranthes root, finely divided. 5 grams of Xin, add appropriate amount of water, decoct the juice, pour it into a basin, soak hands and feet once in the morning and evening, 30 minutes each time.

Wind-heat and cold: 9 mulberry leaves. Gram, 12 grams of chrysanthemum, 6 grams of bamboo leaves, boil in water for 10 minutes, take 1 dose in the morning and evening.

Eye disease: acute conjunctivitis, take 10 grams of mulberry leaves and wild chrysanthemum, add appropriate amount of water. Decoct the juice, pour it into a basin, smoke your eyes with hot air, and soak your eyes with the liquid in a clean dry towel. Use it twice or more times.

Elderly people with dry eyes, blurred vision and watery eyes: You can use mulberry leaves alone to wash your eyes, or you can take 4 to 6 mulberry leaves, wash them, mash them, and spread them on two pieces of gauze cloth, close your eyes, and apply them on both eyelids;

Tears Bursitis and sty: Take 9 grams of mulberry leaves, 6 grams each of chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, angelica, and red peony root, and 3 grams of coptis. Use the same method to decoct the juice, smoke it while hot and then wash the affected area. One dose per day, use twice.

High blood pressure and dizziness: 10 grams of mulberry leaves, 6 grams each of chrysanthemum and honeysuckle, put them in a thermos, add an appropriate amount of boiling water, simmer for 10 minutes, drink frequently instead of tea, one dose per day .

Diabetes: Put 10 to 20 grams of mulberry leaves in a tea cup, add an appropriate amount of boiling water, cover and simmer, and drink once a day instead of tea.

For facial acne. , Chloasma: 20 to 30 grams of mulberry leaves, add appropriate amount of water, boil for 10 minutes, pour the juice into a basin, let it warm, wash your face, twice in the morning and evening; you can also take 15 grams of mulberry leaves, boiled in water instead of tea and drink frequently , one dose per day.

Rosacea: 10 grams each of mulberry leaves, skullcap, honeysuckle, and wild chrysanthemum, boil in water for 10 minutes, take the thick juice, and apply it to the affected area with a sterilized cotton swab dipped in the liquid. 3 to 5 times a day, one dose per day.

Sore throat and cough: 20 grams of mulberry leaves, 10 grams each of Ophiopogon japonicus and Scrophulariaceae, put in a cup, pour an appropriate amount of boiling water, simmer for 15 minutes, drink frequently instead of tea, one dose per day .

Otitis media: Wash an appropriate amount of mulberry leaves, mash them, squeeze the juice, and drop 1 to 2 drops into the affected ear, 3 times a day, for 3 to 5 days.

Chapped hands and feet: 10 to 30 grams of mulberry leaves, add appropriate amount of water, simmer for 10 minutes, take the juice, pour it into a basin, soak the hands and feet for 30 minutes each when the temperature is suitable, once in the morning and once in the evening, one dose per day .

Hair loss and less hair: 10 to 20 grams of mulberry leaves and 15 grams of Poria cocos. Put them in a tea cup, pour in an appropriate amount of boiling water, and drink frequently instead of tea, one dose per day. You can also use 20 grams of mulberry leaves, add an appropriate amount of water, fry and take the juice, pour it into a basin and wash your hair, 2 to 3 times a week.

Hematemesis and epistaxis: Take an appropriate amount of mulberry leaves, roast them, grind them into powder, take 3 grams each time, and take it with herbal tea. If necessary, take another dose one hour apart.

(This article is a reprint, the prescription is for reference only, please consult a doctor)

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