Mulberry seeds

Mulberry seeds

　　Mulberry seeds. The scientific name is mulberry fruit. It is highly nutritious, containing not only 16 types of amino acids such as Lys, Glu, and His, but also various vitamins including VB1, VB2, VB3, VC, and VE, along with multiple organic acids. It also includes mineral elements such as iron, zinc, calcium, and phosphorus, as well as carotene, fiber, pectin, glucose, sucrose, fructose, and other nutrients. It has the effects of clearing deficiency heat, protecting the liver and kidneys, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, calming the nerves and relieving alcohol, nourishing blood and darkening hair, and delaying aging. It also helps nourish yin and blood, promote body fluids and moisten dryness, clear the liver and improve vision, lubricate the intestines and relieve constipation, calm the nerves and soothe the spirit. Modern research shows that mulberries are rich in sugars, organic acids, lipids, vitamins, tannins, anthocyanins, minerals, and more, offering health benefits such as regulating immunity, promoting hematopoietic cell growth, anti-mutagenic effects, anti-aging, lowering blood sugar and blood lipids, and protecting the liver. Mulberry trees bloom from March to April in the lunar calendar and bear fruit from May to June. The ripe fruits come in several colors, including dark red, purple-black, and white. The fruits do not store well once ripe. Traditional Chinese medicine considers mulberries to be sour in taste and slightly cold in nature, with benefits such as enhancing human immunity, nourishing blood and yin, promoting body fluids and quenching thirst, and lubricating the intestines. They are mainly used to treat symptoms caused by yin and blood deficiency, such as dizziness, tinnitus, palpitations, restlessness, insomnia, soreness in the waist and knees, premature greying of hair, thirst and dry mouth due to diabetes, constipation, nourishing yin and blood, improving vision and calming the spirit, benefiting joints, dispelling rheumatism, and relieving alcohol intoxication. Medical texts such as *The Chinese Pharmacopoeia*, *Supplements to the Materia Medica*, *The Yunnan Materia Medica*, and *The Tang Materia Medica* all document the disease-prevention and health-promoting functions of mulberries. Modern studies have confirmed that mulberry fruits are rich in glucose, sucrose, carotene, vitamins, malic acid, tartaric acid, phosphorus, and other abundant nutrients, as well as rich active proteins. Regular consumption can significantly enhance human immunity and provide anti-aging and beauty-enhancing effects.