Taboos of mulberry leaves

Xie Xin: Everyone has seen mulberry trees in life, and everyone must know that the main plant that cicadas eat is the leaves of mulberry trees. Only by eating mulberry leaves can cicadas produce good silk. In fact, not only that, the leaves of pine trees are also a traditional Chinese medicine with particularly high medicinal value. Some people even dry the leaves of mulberry trees and drink them as tea. So what are the taboos of eating mulberry leaves?

Side effects and contraindications of mulberry leaves

1. Mulberry leaves can easily cause enteritis

Mulberry leaves, a traditional Chinese medicine, contain some substances that can inhibit the production of proteases in the human body. After entering the human body, they will decompose the proteases into a toxic substance, which will cause people to have symptoms of abdominal pain or diarrhea, and in severe cases, it will induce hemorrhagic enteritis.

2. Mulberry leaves can cause indigestion

When eating mulberry leaves, you must eat them in moderation. Excessive consumption will cause indigestion. This is because mulberry leaves contain some natural fatty acids, which have a certain stimulating effect on the human stomach and intestines. Excessive consumption will cause bad habits, vomiting, bloating and other adverse symptoms.

3. Taboos on eating mulberry leaves

Mulberry leaf is a mild Chinese medicinal material. There are no contraindications for using it in moderation. However, mulberry leaf is cold in nature. People with a cold constitution must be careful not to use it in excess when using mulberry leaf, otherwise it will aggravate the symptoms of cold body. In addition, when using mulberry leaves to treat different diseases, they need to be used in combination with different Chinese medicinal materials. The specific combination method requires consulting a professional Chinese medicine practitioner.

The following are the precautions for drinking mulberry leaves soaked in water

Although mulberry leaf tea has many benefits for the body and can treat internal heat, stomach pain, insomnia and other conditions, it is not suitable to be consumed in large quantities. There are detailed records in the Compendium of Materia Medica that if mulberry leaf tea is taken excessively, it will damage the essence and blood in the body, and the spleen and stomach will become cold. Doing this for a long time will make the physical condition worse and worse, and even cause diseases, the complexion will become worse and worse, and the spirit will become sluggish. Therefore, when drinking mulberry leaves in water on a daily basis, you must pay attention to the appropriate amount and avoid excessive consumption.

In addition to the disadvantages of drinking too much mulberry leaf tea, which can easily damage the spleen and stomach as mentioned above, it can also easily cause your complexion to become worse and worse, and even cause loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting; it may also cause thirst in the body; if you take too much mulberry leaf tea on an empty stomach, the tea will pass directly through our kidney meridian, which is very harmful to the kidneys.