Broussonetia papyrifera is a perennial deciduous tree plant. It was called Jun in ancient times. Broussonetia papyrifera has an upright stem, with a height of 6- 16m and milky juice. The cicada is gray and slippery, and its branches are thick and flat. Leaves alternate, with long stalks, broadly ovate or 3-5-lobed, with coarse serrations at the edges, dark green surface and thick hair; Abaxial leaf surface is grayish green, densely pilose.

Dioecious, male flowers are panicles, inserted in the axils of new shoots; The female flower is the flower head. The fruit is fleshy, spherical, with a long stalk and is red when it is ripe.

Because its wood is soft and unusable, everyone is reluctant to plant it. In fact, its economic value is still quite high. Its skin is the raw material for making high-grade paper. Leaves can be used to raise pigs. After eating, you can have a good sleep, exercise less and gain more meat.

According to Compendium of Materia Medica, it has a wide range of curative effects. If it can cure impotence, yin edema, benefit qi, satisfy hunger and improve eyesight, it can be youthful and bodybuilding after long-term use. It is also said that it can strengthen bones and muscles, help yang, make up fatigue, strengthen waist and knees, and benefit qi and color.

It is recorded in Bao Pu Zi by Ge Hong in Jin Dynasty that eating this fruit can make the old people weaker and weaker.

Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica lists its fruits as having extensive curative effects. For example, it can cure impotence, yin edema, invigorate qi, satisfy hunger, improve eyesight and make people fit.

According to the records in the dictionary of traditional Chinese medicine, its fruit can completely replace Liuwei Dihuang Pill, and it is said to be better than Liuwei Dihuang Pill.

Because many people don't understand, so many Broussonetia papyrifera trees are full of fruits, and no one picks them and eats them, leaving them to rot on the ground. In fact, its fruit is bright, sweet and juicy, so it's a pity not to eat it.

Extended data

The leaves, roots, bark, milk and seeds of Broussonetia papyrifera can be used as medicine. These functions are as follows:

Purple: tonify kidney, strengthen bones and muscles, improve eyesight and induce diuresis. Used for soreness of waist and knees, dizziness due to kidney deficiency, impotence and edema.

Leaves: clearing heat and cooling blood, diuresis and killing insects. Used for epistaxis, enteritis and dysentery.

Skin: diuresis and detumescence, expelling wind and removing dampness. Used for edema and muscle soreness; Local treatment of neurodermatitis and tinea.

Milk: diuretic, detumescence and detoxification, treating edema, tinea, snake, insect, bee, scorpion and dog bites.

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