Every year from April to June is the season when mulberry fruits ripen and come to market. The fresh, refreshing, sweet and sour, and juicy taste of mulberries is loved by many. TCM experts say that mulberries are actually a great tonic. Those with yin deficiency might as well enjoy them to their heart's content.
Experts suggest that women, middle-aged and elderly people, and those who overuse their eyes can eat more mulberries. Mulberries are sweet and sour in taste, cold in nature, and they act on the liver and kidney meridians. They have the effects of nourishing blood and yin, promoting the production of body fluids to quench thirst, and moistening dry intestines. They help alleviate symptoms such as dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus, palpitations, irritability, and insomnia caused by insufficient yin and blood. Regular consumption by patients with yin and blood deficiency can nourish yin, enrich blood, and promote the production of body fluids. Modern research has found that they are rich in active proteins, vitamins, minerals, etc., which help improve human immunity.
If eating fresh mulberries, choose the purple-black, fully ripe ones, 20-30 at a time. Mulberries can also be dried or slightly steamed and then sun-dried to make mulberry rock sugar drinks, mulberry honey pastes, etc., which not only enhances the taste but also extends the shelf life.
Mulberry Rock Sugar Drink. 40g mulberries, 20g rock sugar, drink as a tea substitute. Mulberries are cold and nourish yin, while rock sugar is neutral and nourishes yin to promote the production of body fluids. It is suitable for those with rough skin and a dull complexion; it can also be taken by those with dry stools caused by insufficient intestinal fluids.
Mulberry Honey Paste. Appropriate amount of mulberries and honey. Decoct the mulberries to extract the juice, simmer over low heat to form a paste, mix in honey, and take orally. Each time 10-15g, two to three times a day. Mulberry honey paste can nourish yin and blood. It is suitable for premature graying of hair, irregular menstruation in women, and other conditions caused by yin and blood deficiency.
It should be noted that mulberries are cold in nature. Diabetics and patients with normally loose stools or spleen deficiency and diarrhea should avoid them. Children should not eat too many.