I have grown my own mulberry trees, and after a few times the trimming of the branches and learning a secret gardening tip, the tree or bush has increased well.
In fact, the regular rain (it is quite rainy in Penang these days) and the moist, hot sun has thrown the tree well. I also use a lot of compost (from my own compost pots) on the tree and put from time to time (or when I feel like a hardworking gardener) around the root and the base of the tree).
As I write this, we are in our third blocking phase in Malaysia (until June 7th or June 10th? I can’t remember). So much more potter at home and in the garden, I think! Even Singapore (where my sister is) also returns to a blocking phase when virus variants appear. It seems that you cannot read any news without mentioning the virus and how things are doing in the region. As someone who works in digital and Mostly onlineI will be busy with customer projects and even our own FB live And Podcast. But I feel sorry for those who are in retail or need a personal interaction to get business work up and running.
The tip of the secret gardener is: To ensure that your mulberry tree fruits enable as much as possible, you have to tie your branch back with cable ties! I am not sure why this works, but it has increased the mulberry fruit production. Basically, they bend the branch backwards.
Either that or cut the branches like crazy. Be ruthless. I found that when I did this in my chilli plant, it produced more leaves and the stems became thicker. So in many ways it is good to curtail your plants.
Compost lets the leaves grow large and shiny! Incidentally, this is my own mulberry tree.
Every time my husband pulls out the mulberry tree, we throw the thin branches. You can easily grow a mulberry tree by sticking the branch halfway into the ground, but we are no longer a place to breed more mulberry trees.
Only last week my husband made a round of the mulberry tree and we had a lot of fresh leaves. I remembered that I bought dry mulberry tea from Chiangmai in 2014 and thought that it was an exotic leaf tea, just to find out that I could easily make this tea with fresh leaves.
I eat the semicircular mulberry fruit every week; Whenever I’m outside in the garden and see some fruits to choose from, I would pluck them and put them in my mouth.
They are usually sour and I would flinch when I chewed the fruits. However, I know that the fruits are good for the eyes and are based on TCM, the eyes and the liver are connected, so that they are also great for the liver.
How to make mulberry tea
I decided to find out more. Could I drink a tea of fresh leaves and dried leaves? And what about its taste?
I took about 3 fresh leaves, cut them into strips and poured boiling water over it and covered them for 10 minutes to decoct. Mulberry leaf tea is light – some compare it with green tea. It has no strong taste profile, so it is a pleasantly light tea that you can drink all day.
The rest of the leaves were air -dried (but first look at the leaves). I put her in a colander and left her on the kitchen counter. Later I added a few packs of pebbles between the leaves to absorb moisture and accelerate the process. After 3 days, the leaves were rolled up and crumpled and papered. I took 3 dried leaves and cut them into strips and decrypt them as well as with the fresh leaves.
I have no big difference in using fresh or dried leaves to be honest. Both tasted the same. Since I have a flowering mulberry tree in my garden, I can get fresh leaves at any time so that I would most likely use fresh leaves. But I can see how dried leaves can be useful if they cannot grow their own mulberry tree.
Advantages of drinking mulberry tea
In terms of advantages, this tea is really a power package of the kindness.
From a TCM perspective, mulberry leaf is advantageous for the liver and lung eridian, as it is cold in nature with a sweet and bitter taste. It The wind is scattered, the heat deletes, moisturizes lungs, calms the liver and promotes eye health. Therefore, it can be used for people with a slight fever, headache, cough, neck and dry mouth, painful or swollen eyes, visual problems, rashes and dizziness. People with nosebleeds can use mulberry leaf tea when it cools the blood.
Says This research:
“The deep -colored mulberry fruits are rich in phenolic compounds, including flavonoids, anthocyans and carotenoids. They represent one of the Farest distributed classes of flavonoids in plants. It has been shown that those natural substances extracted from plants have more antioxidant and anti -inflammatory effects and have been used to preserve the health system and to treat diseases since the anamnesis recorded. Mulberry is traditionally used in Chinese drugs as a pharmaceutical pharmaceutical for anti -fever diuretics, Liver protection, improvement in vision, blood pressure reduction and cardiovascular disease prevention. It was reported that Mulberry not only has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor and anti-diabetic effects, but also cardiovascular, hepato and neuro-protecting properties. “
Note the words that I have highlighted in bold.
Mulberry leaf is also used in the Treatment of diabetes as well as an immune amplifier.
In view of what we are going through – Covid and everything – I would suggest that we increase our immunity by naturally grown (organic) leaf teas and decoctions that are easy and easy for the family.
The weather is now also damp and hot and I particularly feel the heat literally. I am often trying to switch on the air conditioning system, but I try not to add “warmth” to the environment. So when I feel heated, I will make a cup of mulberry leaf tea.
From a western point of view, mulberry leaves contain zinc, calcium and iron in addition to beta-carotene and ascorbic acid (vitamin C). Both beta-carotene and vitamin C are important for good skin and good eye health.
Its extensive gallery acid compounds Help with type -2 -diabetes and helps to reduce blood sugar. It also helps with arthritis and fights against bad cholesterol.
Why not try to grow this mulberry tree in a saucepan or in your garden? Get a branch or two and just put them in the floor or a pot. As you can see, it has many health benefits (no wonder that silkworms love this sheet).
