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Mulberry leaves and whole-leaf tea

Mulberry leaves are cold, sweet and bitter, and belong to the lung and liver meridians. When picking, you must choose leaves that are complete, large and thick, yellow-green in color, crisp, free of impurities, and those who are old and frosted. It is also called frost mulberry leaf or winter mulberry leaf.

According to "The Divine Husbandman's Herbal Foundation Canon, mulberry leaves have the functions ofremoving cold and heat, sweating, clearing the lungs, moistening, dispersing wind-heat, clearing the liver, improving eyesight.

It is often used in combination with chrysanthemum to treat exogenous wind-heat, cold, cough, Eye disease and so on.