The Benefits of Mulberry Leaf Tea: A Natural Remedy for Health and Well-being

　　When it comes to mulberry leaves, people are very familiar with them, mainly because many people have raised silkworms when they were young, and mulberry leaves are not only the food for silkworms, but also a rare medicinal material. As a food and medicine, mulberry leaves can be consumed in various ways, but the most common one is to make mulberry leaf tea. Let's take a look at the benefits of mulberry leaf tea.

　　[Methods of Making Mulberry Leaf Tea]

　　Method 1:

　　Fresh leaves can be directly picked from the mulberry tree, cleaned, and boiled in water. You can also add Ophiopogon japonicus in a ratio of 2:1 and boil it in water. Another option is to add Poria cocos in a ratio of 2:1 and boil it in water.

　　Method 2:

　　After washing, draining, inactivating the enzymes, drying, grinding, and sieving, the mulberry leaves are processed into tea leaves, which are convenient for drinking and carrying.

　　[Processing Mulberry Leaves for Tea]

　　For making mulberry leaf tea, it is best to choose mulberry leaves in late autumn that have experienced frost. The best ones are large and fat with a yellow-orange color.

　　The production process of mulberry leaf tea includes picking mulberry leaves, washing and drying them, cutting the leaves, blanching, kneading, shaping, drying, and adding fragrance.

　　Generally, mulberry leaf tea is best brewed with warm water at 70-80 degrees Celsius. If the brewing temperature is too high, the brewing time is too long, or the tea is repeatedly brewed, the polyphenols will be destroyed.
 

　　[Benefits of Mulberry Leaf Tea]

　　Mulberry leaf tea brewed with boiling water is clear, bright, fragrant, sweet, and mellow. It provides a new type of beverage for middle-aged and elderly people and those who cannot drink regular tea, allowing them to obtain certain health benefits during the tea-drinking process. Drinking this tea regularly is beneficial for health and longevity.

　　1. Treating wind-heat cold:

　　Mulberry leaves belong to the lung and liver meridians and have the function of dispersing wind and heat. They are used to treat wind-heat external contraction. Drinking mulberry leaf tea can effectively relieve symptoms such as fever, headache, and sore throat.

　　2. Clearing lung heat:

　　If you have symptoms of lung heat, such as cough with little phlegm, dryness of the nose and throat, or lung heat caused by dryness and heat, drinking mulberry leaf tea can effectively clear lung heat.

　　3. Treating dizziness:

　　Mulberry leaf tea can alleviate symptoms such as dizziness and redness of the eyes caused by liver yang. Mulberry leaf tea has the effects of suppressing liver yang, clearing the liver, and improving vision. It can treat headaches caused by liver yang hyperactivity and can be brewed together with chrysanthemum and other heat-clearing Chinese herbs.

　　4. Diuretic and anti-athlete's foot:

　　People with athlete's foot can soak their feet in mulberry leaf tea water to effectively eliminate athlete's foot. Mulberry leaf tea has a diuretic effect and can remove excess water from the body by promoting urination.

　　5. Skin whitening:

　　Mulberry leaf tea can also be used to lighten pigmentation. If women with facial pigmentation wash their faces three times a day with mulberry leaf tea water, it can lighten the melanin in the pigmented areas and have a certain effect on skin whitening.

　　6. Lowering blood pressure, blood sugar, and blood lipid:

　　Mulberry leaves contain various alkaloids, amino acids, and polysaccharides, which have significant effects in lowering blood sugar, blood pressure, and blood lipid levels. It is very suitable for people with hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia, and has good health benefits.

　　[Precautions for Mulberry Leaf Tea]

　　1. Not suitable for cold constitution:

　　People with a cold constitution, women during menstruation, and pregnant women should not drink mulberry leaf tea because mulberry leaves have a sweet, bitter, and cold nature.

　　2. Drink in moderation:

　　If mulberry leaf tea is consumed excessively, it can damage the essence and blood in the body, and the spleen and stomach will become cold. Prolonged excessive consumption may lead to poor physical condition, even diseases, deteriorating complexion, and a decline in spirits.

　　3. Do not drink on an empty stomach:

　　If mulberry leaf tea is consumed excessively on an empty stomach, the tea will directly pass through the kidney area, which is very detrimental to the kidneys.