Although there are many hypoglycemic agents, they are mainly western medicines, such as sulfonylureas, glinides and metformin. Long-term use of these drugs will produce many adverse reactions. Recently, it has been found that many plants also have pharmacological effects of lowering blood sugar, and mulberry leaves are one of them.
Mulberry leaves can be used instead of tea to help lower blood sugar.
The utilization of mulberry leaves has a history of more than 5,000 years in China, and the most familiar is sericulture with mulberry. However, its medical records can be traced back to the oldest Shennong Materia Medica Classic, alias "Iron Fan", which is the dry leaf of Mulberry, a Moraceae plant, with bitter taste and cold nature, and has the effects of dispelling wind and clearing heat, moistening lung and improving eyesight.
Its hypoglycemic function is recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica: "parching leaves instead of tea can quench thirst" and "parching cooked tea instead of tea to quench thirst".
Diabetes is the name of modern medicine, and there are many records of its disease names in ancient books, among which "diabetes" is the second, and there are "carbuncle, spleen carbuncle, carbuncle, ointment, lung, kidney, fruit trees, insects and so on."
Therefore, mulberry leaves have been used to help lower blood sugar in ancient times. Modern pharmacological studies have found that the hypoglycemic effect of mulberry leaves is mainly due to its bioactive substances such as flavonoids, polysaccharides and alkaloids.
Researchers at home and abroad have studied mulberry leaf extract, and found that bioactive substances such as flavonoids, polysaccharides and alkaloids can play their hypoglycemic effects by improving liver glucose metabolism, reducing islet oxidative damage, maintaining β cell function and promoting insulin secretion.
In modern clinic, frosted mulberry leaves are often used instead of tea to reduce the blood sugar of diabetic patients. The recommended dosage is 10~20g. If it is fresh, the dosage should be doubled. In People's Republic of China (PRC) Pharmacopoeia (version 20 15), the recommended dosage of mulberry leaves is 5~ 10g.
Besides lowering blood sugar, it has other functions.
In addition to lowering blood sugar, mulberry leaves also have pharmacological effects such as lowering blood pressure, anti-aging, lowering blood lipid and antioxidation. Many health care products and foods related to mulberry leaves have been developed in modern times, such as mulberry tea, mulberry flour, mulberry sauce and so on.
People also have the habit of drinking mulberry leaf tea. 30g of frosted mulberry leaves, 500~ 1000ml of water, boiling for 10~ 15min, taking juice and drinking tea, daily 1 dose, expelling wind, relieving asthma, relieving cough and resolving phlegm.
However, People's Republic of China (PRC) Pharmacopoeia (20 15 edition) and literature reports mentioned that mulberry leaves are cold in nature and are not suitable for people with deficiency of spleen and stomach, so use them with caution. Therefore, for people with weak stomach and intestines, it is still necessary to pay attention.
Moreover, these traditional Chinese medicines can effectively regulate blood sugar.
In addition to mulberry leaves, traditional Chinese medicines such as Coptidis Rhizoma, Pueraria lobata, Momordica charantia, Polygonatum sibiricum, Ginseng Radix, Chinese yam, etc. It also has the effect of effectively regulating blood sugar, and is also used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in clinic.
Among them, Rhizoma Coptidis can directly regulate blood sugar, reduce insulin resistance, reduce blood lipid, protect heart and blood vessels, and improve complications such as diabetic eye injury and foot injury.
In the treatment of TCM syndrome differentiation, many Chinese medicines have good pharmacological effects. Mulberry leaves, for example, not only have a good hypoglycemic effect, but also have the effects of lowering blood fat and blood pressure.
Diabetic patients can use mulberry leaves to decoct tea to help lower blood sugar. If it is used as a medicine, it should be taken under the guidance of Chinese medicine, combined with its own blood sugar and medication, and must not be used by itself to prevent hypoglycemia.
It should be emphasized that it is best to take it under the guidance of a doctor, and monitor the changes of blood sugar regularly, whether it is auxiliary hypoglycemic or medicinal. In addition, don't listen to the propaganda of health care products and miss the illness.
Finally, it is emphasized that diabetic patients must pay attention to their blood sugar changes and adjust the treatment plan in time to prevent serious complications.