Corn Silk and Mulberry Leaf Tea
Ingredients
- Dried corn silk 10g
- Dried mulberry leaf 10g
- Tea leaves 5g (optional, green or black)
Principle
Corn silk is neutral and sweet—promotes urination, clears liver and gallbladder; mulberry leaf is cold—disperses wind-heat, moistens lung and dryness, calms liver and brightens eyes. Together they clear heat, promote urination, calm liver, and moisten dryness—adjunct for dry mouth and scanty dark urine with damp-heat and liver heat bias.
Effects & uses
Daily adjunct for damp-heat constitution or liver heat bias—dry mouth and polydipsia, yellow scanty urine, mild limb swelling; mainly adjunct tea for prediabetes or mild diabetes (syndrome differentiation required; cannot replace hypoglycemic drugs). Also consider comprehensive differentiation if blood pressure or lipids are elevated.
Method
- Rinse corn silk; place with mulberry leaf and tea in cup.
- Pour 250 ml boiling water, cover, steep 5 minutes.
- May re-steep until flavor fades.
How to use
- Tea substitute before or after meals. Continuous use suggested not more than two weeks, then pause; start small for daily care (other sources cite corn silk 5–15g).
Caution
Use cautiously with spleen-stomach deficiency-cold, diarrhea, or aversion to cold (mulberry leaf is cold). Hypoglycemia and hypotension—use carefully. Pregnant and special-condition patients consult a physician first. Diabetics must not stop prescribed drugs; monitor glucose as directed. Daily dietary prescription; not a substitute for medication.
Source
Compiled from People’s Net Life Times (Zhang Rongchun, Zhongda Hospital SEU), China Medical Information Platform (NTCMS reviewed, pharmacists Hua Guodong and Wang Lixia), Zhejiang Elderly News reprint. To be manually verified.