Health Benefits and Effects of Drinking Mulberry Leaf Tea
Disease description:
I’ve been catching colds frequently over the past few days, and my symptoms haven’t improved even after taking medication. My doctor suggested drinking water infused with spring mulberry leaves. Could you please explain the health benefits and therapeutic effects of drinking spring mulberry leaf infusion?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Guo Xiheng
Drinking mulberry leaf infusion offers benefits such as dispelling wind and clearing heat, clearing liver fire and improving vision, and cooling the blood to stop bleeding. Clinically, mulberry leaves are commonly used in the early stage of wind-heat common cold—for instance, at the onset of a cold, when symptoms include mild fever, aversion to cold, runny nose with sticky nasal discharge, sore throat, headache, or mild cough with sticky or yellow phlegm. In such cases, it is best to drink the mulberry leaf infusion while still warm; after consumption, slight sweating often occurs, which can rapidly alleviate symptoms of wind-heat common cold.
