What leaves can cure constipation?

Mulberry leaves are one of the common food for silkworms and are also a common Chinese medicinal material. Drinking them after making tea has many benefits to the body. Today, let’s take a look at the effects and functions of mulberry leaves soaked in water.

1. Relieve the three high symptoms

Mulberry leaves contain flavonoids, sugars, and amino acids, which can effectively help the body reduce blood pressure and blood sugar levels. For people with "three highs", they can help them alleviate symptoms to a certain extent.

2. Prevent constipation

Mulberry leaves are rich in minerals. After drinking them as tea, they can help gastrointestinal digestion, promote digestion, and effectively prevent constipation. For patients with constipation, they can help defecation.

Mulberry leaves have so many benefits, can everyone drink them? Of course not, everything that has benefits has disadvantages. Some people are not suitable to drink mulberry leaf water, so what groups of people should not drink it?

1. People with cold constitution

According to medical experts, mulberry leaves are cool in nature. For people with cold body and weak stomach, drinking mulberry leaf water will instead cause stress to the body, causing abdominal pain, cold hands and feet and other discomfort symptoms.

2. People who are in their menstrual period

Mulberry leaves can moisturize the skin, remove acne and dark spots, so many women want to try drinking some mulberry leaf water. So, can women who are menstruating drink it?

The answer is no, what’s going on? Because mulberry leaves are cool in nature, they can have the adverse effect of causing uterine coldness in women during menstruation. At the same time, mulberry leaves are also very effective in promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood, which can cause women during menstruation to have less bleeding or even amenorrhea.

If you are one of the above two groups, it is recommended that you drink less mulberry leaf water.

What foods can cure constipation and improve digestion?

The first food to treat constipation and promote digestion is banana. Bananas contain a lot of water-soluble fiber, which can induce gastrointestinal fluid to metabolize, and then absorb water into feces, which will make the stool looser and easier to excrete. In addition, bananas contain a lot of cellulose, which can promote intestinal peristalsis.

The second ingredient is pitaya, which has the functions of preventing constipation, promoting eye health, increasing bone density, lowering blood lipids, lowering blood pressure, losing weight, and moisturizing the intestines. The proanthocyanidins it contains can also delay aging.

The third food is sweet potato, which is rich in dietary fiber and oligosaccharides, which are very beneficial to intestinal health. Eating more sweet potato can reduce blood cholesterol, reduce body fat and prevent excessive obesity. In addition, sweet potato is relatively large in volume, which can easily make people feel full and not easy to eat too much.

The fourth ingredient is lentils, which contain tapioca starch, dietary fiber, and minerals such as iron, potassium, magnesium, and calcium. In addition, the dietary fiber in lentils can effectively promote intestinal peristalsis, soften feces, and assist in the treatment of constipation.

The fifth food is oatmeal. Oatmeal has a high content of water-soluble fiber. This soluble fiber can mix with water in the stomach and intestines to form a gel, which can keep you feeling full for a long time. It can also increase the volume of stool and shorten the time stool stays in the stomach and intestines. It also has auxiliary effects on fatty liver, diabetes, edema and other diseases.