Chinese medicine. Mulberry leaves are cold in nature and have a bitter-sweet taste. They belong to the lung and liver meridians. Due to their shape resembling a fan, they are also known as "iron fans". Mulberry leaves have the function of clearing and nourishing the body. Spring is the time to harvest mulberry branches, summer is for picking mulberries, autumn is for collecting frost-bitten mulberry leaves, and winter is for scraping mulberry bark. This shows that every part of the mulberry tree is valuable. Mulberry leaves can also be used as a health food therapy suitable for all ages.
Treating wind-heat cold: Mulberry leaves belong to the lung and liver meridians and have the function of dispersing wind-heat. They are used to treat external wind-heat conditions. Drinking mulberry leaf tea can effectively relieve symptoms such as fever, headache, and sore throat.
Clearing lung heat: If you have symptoms such as cough with little phlegm, dryness in the nose and throat, or lung heat caused by dryness and heat, drinking mulberry leaf tea can effectively clear lung heat.
Treating dizziness: Mulberry leaf tea can relieve symptoms of liver yang dizziness, red eyes, and blurred vision. Mulberry leaf tea can pacify liver yang, clear the liver, and improve vision. It can treat headaches caused by excessive liver yang. It can be brewed with other heat-clearing Chinese herbs such as chrysanthemum.
Eliminating athlete's foot: People with athlete's foot can soak their feet in mulberry leaf tea to effectively eliminate the condition. Mulberry leaf tea has a diuretic effect, which helps to remove excess water from the body.
Reducing pigmentation: Mulberry leaf tea can also be used to reduce pigmentation. If women with facial pigmentation wash their face three times a day with mulberry leaf tea, it can lighten the dark melanin spots and have a certain effect in reducing pigmentation.
Lowering "three highs": Mulberry leaves contain various alkaloids, amino acids, polysaccharides, and other components, which have significant effects in lowering blood sugar, blood pressure, and blood lipids. It is very suitable for people with "three highs" to consume and has good health benefits.
