This magical tree has a magical name. Do you know what it is?
Does this tree look very familiar? This kind of tree has a magical name called "Oriental Sacred Tree". Have you heard of it?
In fact, it is called mulberry tree, which belongs to the genus Moraceae and is a deciduous tree. Mulberry leaves are egg-shaped and are used as feed for silkworms. The leaves are ovate or broadly ovate, with a pointed or gradually shortened apex, a round or heart-shaped base, and thick and blunt serrations. The leaves of saplings often have shallow or deep lobes. They are hairless above and have sparse hairs along the veins below. The veins are axillary. Tufted hairs. Juhuaguo (mulberry) is purple-black, light red or white, juicy and sweet. Flowering period is April; fruit ripening is from May to July.
Mulberry trees are deciduous trees of the Moraceae family. They are cultivated throughout the country, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and have a long history. The leaves, branches, wood, branches, etc. of the mulberry tree can be used to feed silkworms, eat, make wine, make baskets, make paper, and make various utensils. At the same time, its leaves, roots, bark, twigs, ears, wood, parasites, etc. can also be used to prevent and control A cure for disease.
The leaves of mulberry trees are best harvested after frost, and are called frost mulberry leaves or winter mulberry leaves. Its nature and flavor are bitter, sweet and cold. It enters the lung and liver meridian and has the functions of dispersing wind and clearing heat, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, moistening the lungs and relieving cough. It is often used to treat wind-heat colds, lung-heat coughs, liver-yang headaches and dizziness, red eyes and dizziness, blood-heat bleeding and night sweats. It is also used in modern times to treat elephantiasis of the lower limbs. It can be taken internally and externally, and has also been made into injections. In addition, the white sap exuded from fresh mulberry leaves after the veins are picked is called mulberry leaf juice. It tastes bitter and slightly cold. It is good at detoxifying, clearing away heat and stopping bleeding. It is mainly used to treat carbuncles, galls, traumatic bleeding and centipede bites. wait. The distillate of mulberry leaves can also be used to treat eye diseases.