The efficacy of mulberry porridge

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Mulberry porridge

Mulberry, the fruit spike of mulberry tree, is also known as mulberry fruit, mulberry date, etc. It is not only a good fruit to eat raw, but also a good medicine for treating diseases. According to Chinese medicine, mulberry is sweet and cold in nature, and has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing yin and blood, maintaining beauty, and anti-aging. It can be taken for dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia, dark eyes, night sweats, numbness of limbs, constipation, etc. caused by yin deficiency and blood deficiency. "New Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Mulberries are picked in April, steamed in a rice cooker, and dried into powder. Purple is the best, and red is the second. It is cold in nature, sweet in taste, and non-toxic. It enters the liver and kidney meridians. It nourishes the liver, benefits the kidneys, extinguishes wind, and nourishes fluids. It treats liver and kidney yin deficiency, thirst, constipation, blurred vision, tinnitus, and joint discomfort." "Supplement to Materia Medica" states: "Pound the powder and make pills with honey for oral administration. It benefits the five internal organs, joints, qi and blood." People often use black and purple ripe mulberries to remove impurities, mash them, filter the juice with gauze, put them in a casserole and cook them. After slightly concentrating, add an appropriate amount of honey, stir constantly, and boil them into a paste. After cooling, bottle them for consumption. It has the functions of nourishing blood and moisturizing dryness, quenching thirst and promoting body fluid, nourishing and strengthening. The following are several proven prescriptions for use as medicine:

The efficacy of mulberry porridge

Treat anemia: 60g fresh mulberry fruit and 30g longan pulp. Stew until soft and eat twice a day.

For spontaneous sweating and night sweats: 10g of mulberry fruit and 10g of Schisandra chinensis. Decoction in water, twice a day.

For premature graying of hair, blurred vision, and spermatorrhea: 30g of mulberry fruit and 18g of wolfberry fruit. Decoction in water, once a day; or 30g of mulberry fruit and 30g of Polygonum multiflorum. Decoction in water, once a day.

For the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, yin deficiency and hot flashes, dry cough and little sputum: 60g of fresh mulberry seeds, 15g of Lycium bark, 15g of crystal sugar. Decoction in water, once in the morning and evening.

Treat neurasthenia, insomnia and forgetfulness: 30g mulberry fruit and 15g spiny jujube kernel. Decoction in water, once every night.

For treating abdominal pain and neuralgia caused by blood deficiency: decocted 60g of fresh mulberry fruits in water; or 10-15g of mulberry seed paste per day, taken with warm water and a small amount of rice wine.

Treatment of hair loss: Wash 100g of fresh mulberry fruit, add 20g of Poria powder and 100g of polished rice into a pot, add appropriate amount of water and cook into porridge, and eat it for breakfast. Take one dose a day for 10 consecutive days.

To sober up: Wash fresh mulberries, mash them to extract the juice, drink 50 ml, which can sober up.

Treat neurasthenia: Wash 1 kg of fresh mulberries, mash them to extract the juice, or take 300 g of dried mulberries and fry them to extract the juice, cook them together with 500 g of glutinous rice, and make glutinous rice dry rice. After cooling, add appropriate amount of wine yeast, mix well, ferment into wine, and eat it at will every day.

Treat constipation: 30g mulberry fruit and 30g honey. Decoction in water, once a day.