Introduction
Mulberry leaves are food for silkworms. When the fruit is mature, it is dark purple or purplish red. When it is immature, the mulberry is blue-green. Mulberry leaves have edible and medicinal value. Mulberry leaves have a slightly bitter taste and can be made into tea bags. Mulberry leaves have strong antioxidant properties and can scavenge free radicals in the body. In addition, mulberry leaves can also treat many diseases, and the extracts of mulberry leaves can also be made into drugs for lowering blood sugar and blood lipids.
Nutritional value
Mulberry leaves have a variety of vitamins and minerals, amino acids, carbohydrates and plant fiber. Modern science shows that mulberry leaf is a good functional food, it can lower blood pressure, reduce fat, anti-aging, increase endurance, reduce cholesterol and so on.
Efficacy
Mulberry leaves can clear heat, reduce blood sugar, evacuate wind heat, cool blood to stop bleeding, clear lung embellish dryness, clear liver and clear eyes; For wind-heat cold, lung hot dry cough, dizziness, headache, eyes dim and other diseases.
1. Lower blood sugar
Mulberry leaves can improve glucose tolerance, prevent hyperglycemia and diabetes; Can promote insulin secretion, enhance insulin function, effectively regulate blood sugar; It can also nourish qi and nourish Yin, Shengjin and quench thirst.
2. Anti-anemia
Mulberry leaves contain more folic acid, per gram of mulberry leaves contain 105 micrograms of folic acid, folic acid can participate in the synthesis of nucleic acid, anti-anemia and promote growth.
3. Lose weight and clear fat
Mulberry leaves have the effect of reducing swelling and clearing blood. Diuresis can not only promote urination, but also drain the excess water accumulated in the cells, so it can improve the phenomenon of edema. Certain components of mulberry leaves can also remove excess neutral fat and cholesterol in the blood that may cause hyperlipidemia, so mulberry leaves can also improve hyperlipidemia.