Every time I see mulberries, I think of my happy childhood when I climbed the mulberry tree with my friends and ate mulberries in large quantities, making my mouth full of purple.
Mulberry is the mature aggregated fruit of the mulberry tree, also known as mulberry, mulberry, mulberry, etc. Most of them are red-purple or black oval aggregated fruits, the juice is thick like honey, sweet and sour fragrance .
Mulberry grows naturally, without any pollution, and enjoys the reputation of “Folk Holy Fruit“. Mulberries are not only delicious, but also rich in nutrients, rich in protein, fat, dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals, etc., and also contain a variety of functional ingredients such as polyphenols, resveratrol, flowers cyanine etc.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mulberries are sweet, sour and slightly cold in nature. Return to liver, kidney and heart meridians. It is suitable for insufficiency of liver and kidney, deficiency of essence and blood, dizziness, dark eyesight, tinnitus, insomnia, premature graying of beard and hair, etc.. It can be used to treat internal heat and quench thirst, dry cough due to yin deficiency and dryness of the lungs, and constipation due to insufficiency of body fluids.
It also has high medicinal value in the medical field. Medical books of all dynasties have evaluated mulberry for its efficacy as tonifying liver and kidney, nourishing yin and nourishing blood, ventilating blood, benefiting the five internal organs, maintaining appearance, and anti-aging.
What’s the effect of eating more mulberries?
01. Antioxidative and anti-inflammatory effects
The anthocyanins of mulberries belong to flavonoids, which can protect brain cells after being absorbed by the human body.
Girls who love beauty can drink more water with dried mulberries, because mulberries are rich in vitamin C and other antioxidants, which can delay aging and promote beauty.
02. Protective effect on the liver
The ancient pharmacopoeia believed that mulberry can benefit the kidney and liver, The effect of nourishing yin and nourishing blood. Modern studies have shown that mulberry anthocyanins have hepatoprotective effects on high-fat diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
03. The role of maintaining intestinal health
Mulberry is rich in dietary fiber, which is higher than most common fruits. It has the functions of laxative and constipation prevention; promotes the growth of intestinal probiotics, maintains intestinal barrier function and immunity and other intestinal health effects.
Modern pharmacological studies have shown that mulberry can supplement the lack of gastric juice when entering the stomach, promote the digestion of gastric juice, and enter the intestine to stimulate the gastric mucosa, promote the secretion of intestinal juice, and improve gastrointestinal motility, so it has the function of nourishing and strengthening.
Mulberry also contains tannic acid, fatty acid, malic acid and other nutrients, which can help the digestion of fat, protein and starch, so it has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, and can be used to treat diarrhea caused by indigestion.
Make a dried mulberry, it will last longer.
Mulberry is so nutritious and delicious, but the fresh edible season is only 5,6 During the month, we can pick and dry the fresh mulberries for storage, and we can eat them whenever we want.
①Direct chewing
Dried mulberries are a kind of food rich in sugar and cellulose. Watch TV as a chewy snack with a little sweetness Not gaining weight. However, dried mulberries are relatively dry, and the chewing taste may not be very good.
②Soak in water for consumption
You can also add some hot water with dried mulberries, soak for 5 to 10 minutes, then drink water, sweet and delicious, Soothing.
③Baking wine for consumption
Many people like to make wine with mulberries, which is also good, but pay attention to drinking in moderation and not greedy.
④Eat in stewed soup
If the dried mulberries are eaten in stewed soup, the dried mulberries will absorb enough water , It tastes better when eaten, and with some wolfberry, red dates and the like, the food tonic effect is better.
Warm reminder: People with spleen and stomach deficiency, loose stools and diarrhea should fast.