Drug name: Mulberry Leaf
Nickname: Iron Fan, Silkworm Leaf
Source: Shennong Bencao Jing
Classification: Antitumor drugs
Origin: Jiangsu and Zhejiang, etc
Sexual taste: Cold in nature, bitter and sweet in taste
Meridian return: return to the lung and liver meridians
Effect: Shufeng Qingre, Qinggan Mingmu
Indications: Cold caused by wind heat, initial onset of warm disease, cough caused by lung heat, dry heat, hyperactivity of liver yang, dizziness and headache, blurred vision, astringent pain, excessive tears, coughing up blood, vomiting blood, and bleeding due to excessive blood heat
Character identification
This product has many wrinkled and broken leaves. The intact one has a stalk, with a petiole length of 1-2.5cm; After flattening, the leaves are ovate or broadly ovate, 8-15cm long and 7-13cm wide. The apex is gradually pointed, and the base is truncated, circular or heart-shaped. The edges have serrations or blunt serrations, and some are irregularly divided. The upper surface is yellow green or light yellow brown, with some having small warts like protrusions; The lower surface is slightly lighter in color, with prominent leaf veins and a network of small veins. The veins are covered with sparse hairs, and the base of the veins is clustered with hairs. Crunchy in texture, with a slight flavor and a slight bitterness.
Usage&Taboos
Internal administration: decoction, 5-9g; Or enter the pill powder.
External use: Boil water to wash eyes.
Taboos: Prohibited for women during menstruation and those with cold constitution.
chemical composition
This product contains desquamate, rutin, mulberry glycoside, quercetin, isoquercetin, scopolamine, scopolamine, etc.
pharmacological action 
Fresh mulberry leaf decoction has inhibitory effects on various pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus beta hemolysis in vitro experiments. The decoction has an inhibitory effect on Leptospira, and has a hypoglycemic effect on animal hyperglycemia caused by various reasons. The exfoliating ketone contained in the decoction can promote the conversion of glucose to glycogen, but does not affect the blood sugar levels of normal animals. Peeling hormone can also lower blood lipid levels, promote protein synthesis, eliminate cholesterol in the body, and lower blood lipids.
Chinese herbal formula
1. After treating cholera, I became restless and thirsty. I grabbed the mulberry leaves, cut them into small pieces, boiled them in a large cup of water until they were five minutes deep, removed the dross, and took them warm at any time. (Shenghui Fang)
2. Treatment for vomiting blood: Late mulberry leaves, slightly roasted, not much, crushed into fine powder. Take three coins of dagger per dose, mix cold cured tea as paste, add a little musk, and lie down at night to dissolve throat fluid. Take only one dose to stop, then use lung tonifying medicine. (In the Complete Record of Saint Ji, Du Sheng San)
Ancient book records
"Ben Cao Meng Quan": Those who collect scriptures and frost boil soup, wash their eyes to remove wind and tears. Salt is used to compress snake, insect, and centipede bites, while steam is used to remove bruises and blood clots. Boiling tea instead of water, reducing edema and floating feet, reducing qi and promoting joint stiffness; Yanzuo San, Tang Diao. Stop cholera and diarrhea, sweat and relieve wind and pain. Roast and stir fry mulberry clothes to thicken, treat dysentery and various injuries, and stop bleeding.
The Classic of Materia Medica states that mulberry leaves are sweet and beneficial to blood, cold and cool to blood, and the combination of sweet and cold leads to the downflow of qi and the benefit of yin. They are used to regulate yin deficiency, cold and heat, and sweating due to internal heat. Its nature is also dry, so it can eliminate athlete's foot edema, benefit the large and small intestine, and eliminate wind. The frost on the meridian is also accompanied by Wei Su, so it can clear the eyes and quench thirst. Hair not only benefits blood, but also grows hair, cools blood, and stops vomiting blood. Tai carbuncle mouth, leaving a penetrating palm, treating Tang fire, all have the function of refreshing and nourishing blood.