Mulberry

Mulberry Introduction

Mulberry is the fruit cluster of the deciduous tree mulberry of the Moraceae family, also known as mulberry fruit. There are two kinds of black and white. The purple-black one is the best for fresh consumption. It is produced in most parts of China, mainly in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and other places . It is harvested from April to June every year when the fruit cluster is reddish purple.

As early as more than 2,000 years ago, mulberries were already a tonic for Chinese emperors. Due to the special growing environment of mulberries, mulberries grow naturally without any pollution, so mulberries are also called "folk holy fruit".

It is rich in active proteins, vitamins, amino acids, carotene, minerals and other ingredients, and has multiple functions. It is praised by the medical community as "the best health fruit of the 21st century." Eating mulberries regularly can significantly improve human immunity, delay aging, and beautify the skin.

Mulberries can be eaten and used as medicine. Chinese medicine believes that mulberries are sweet and sour, slightly cold in nature, and enter the heart, liver, and kidney meridians. They are a good fruit for nourishing the body, nourishing the heart, and improving intelligence. They have the effects of nourishing blood and yin, promoting fluid and quenching thirst, and moistening the intestines. They are mainly used to treat dizziness, tinnitus, palpitations, irritability, insomnia, sore waist and knees, premature graying of hair, thirst, dry mouth, and dry stools caused by insufficient yin and blood.

The efficacy and function of mulberries

It nourishes the liver and kidneys, nourishes yin and blood, and has a special effect on dark hair

, calm the wind, clear the liver and improve eyesight, sober up, improve sleep, enhance human immunity, delay aging, beautify the skin, lower blood lipids, and prevent cancer. Mulberry powder is rich in protein, a variety of essential amino acids, fructose that is easily absorbed by the human body, and a variety of vitamins, as well as mineral elements such as iron, calcium, zinc, trace elements such as selenium, and carotene, cellulose, etc.

1. Prevent vascular sclerosis

Mulberries contain fatty acids, which are mainly composed of linoleic acid, stearic acid and oleic acid. They have the effects of decomposing fat, lowering blood lipids and preventing arteriosclerosis.

2. Strengthen the spleen and stomach and aid digestion

Mulberries contain nutrients such as tannic acid, fatty acids, malic acid, etc., which can help the digestion of fat, protein and starch. Therefore, they have the function of strengthening the spleen and stomach and aiding digestion. They can be used to treat diarrhea caused by indigestion.

3. Nutritional supplement

Mulberries contain a large amount of water, carbohydrates, multiple vitamins, carotene and trace elements essential to the human body. They can effectively expand the body's blood volume and are nourishing but not greasy. They are suitable for diet therapy for patients with hypertension and gynecological diseases.

4. Black hair beauty

Mulberries are rich in nutrients needed by the human body. They also contain hair blackening factors that can make your hair black and shiny. Eating mulberries can also be used for beauty.

5. Anti-cancer

The rutin, anthocyanin, glucose, fructose, malic acid, calcium, inorganic salts, carotene, multiple vitamins and niacin contained in mulberries can prevent the spread of tumor cells and avoid the occurrence of cancer.

6. Treat anemia

60 grams of fresh mulberry seeds and 30 grams of longan meat, stewed until soft, eaten twice a day, can effectively treat the symptoms of anemia and also play a role in blood replenishment.

Mulberries are good for eating

It is suitable for patients with diabetes, anemia, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, neurasthenia, women, middle-aged and elderly people, and those who overuse their eyes. Mulberries are more suitable for people with liver and kidney yin and blood deficiency, such as low back pain, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, neurasthenia, insomnia, and premature gray hair; suitable for postpartum blood deficiency, physical weakness after illness, dry intestines in the elderly, and habitual constipation. 20-30 mulberries (30-50 grams) each time. Mulberries should be picked when they are purple and black and ripe, and it is suitable to use porcelain to cook them.

Avoid eating mulberries

Diabetic patients and those with loose stools and spleen deficiency diarrhea should not eat mulberries. Children should not eat too many mulberries. Mulberries contain a lot of trypsin inhibitor tannic acid, which will affect the body's absorption of iron, calcium, zinc and other substances. When boiling mulberries, avoid using iron utensils. Unripe green mulberries should not be eaten because they contain a lot of tannic acid.