Lotus leaf has the effect of clearing summer heat and dampness, elevating Qing Yang, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, while mulberry leaf has the effect of clearing lungs and moistening dryness, evacuating wind-heat, etc. Lotus leaf and mulberry leaf have the above effects when drunk together.
1. Lotus leaf: Lotus leaf is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine with the effects of clearing summer heat and dampness, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, and elevating Qing Yang (conveying nutrients from digested food to the head and face, etc.), which is often used in the treatment of summer heat and spleen deficiency, alleviating summer heat and thirst, summer dampness and diarrhea, and diarrhea from spleen deficiency. For the ascending and dispersing consumptive and weak, the lotus leaf is prohibited.
2. Mulberry leaves: Mulberry leaves have the effect of evacuating wind-heat, clearing the lungs and moistening dryness, clearing the liver and brightening the eyes, and are often used in the treatment of wind-heat symptoms, lung-heat and dryness, cough, redness, swelling and pain in the eyes and other diseases. The contraindications are still unclear.
Lotus leaves and mulberry leaves together have the above effects, but the efficacy of drinking water is relatively limited, can not replace the drug treatment of disease. Those who need it should consult a doctor for diagnosis and treatment, and follow the doctor’s instructions for decoction.