It is not recommended to use the mulberry leaves picked from the tree to drink water directly, can not achieve the role of the treatment of disease, should be used in accordance with medical advice.
Mulberry leaves are used to decoct soup for internal use, or made into bulk, pills to take, external use can be mashed or decoction of the external wash. Fresh mulberry leaves are directly used in water, the effective dose is limited, it is difficult to achieve the therapeutic effect.
Mulberry leaves have the effect of moistening and clearing the lungs, evacuating wind-heat, brightening the eyes and clearing the liver, and can be used for wind-heat colds, headaches, dizziness, lung-heat dry coughs, and redness and dimness of the eyes.
Mulberry leaves can be used to treat wind-heat and cold with forsythia, mint, chrysanthemum, platycodon, etc. It can also be used to treat dryness and heat to the lungs, dry cough with little phlegm with saxifrage, apricot kernel, and shellac.
The contraindications and adverse reactions of mulberry leaves are not clear, should be used under the guidance of a doctor to identify the evidence.