Can persimmon leaves lower blood sugar?

Now as people's lives are getting better day by day, more and more people are joining the ranks of diabetes patients. Moreover, patients with diabetes often have blood sugar problems to varying degrees. At this time, people need to actively control their blood sugar levels. Only in this way can we reduce the aggravation of diabetes. Aggressive treatment is required. Can persimmon leaves lower blood sugar?

Persimmon is a fruit widely distributed in both the north and south of my country. It is rich in starch and sugar and can be used as a substitute for grain. It is not afraid of pests and has high and stable yields, and is known as a "hardcore crop." Persimmon has the functions of clearing away heat and dryness, moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm, softening hard masses, quenching thirst and promoting salivation, strengthening the spleen, treating dysentery, and stopping bleeding. It can relieve symptoms such as dry stool, hemorrhoid pain or bleeding, dry cough, sore throat, and high blood pressure. Persimmon is a natural health food for patients with chronic bronchitis, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and internal and external hemorrhoids. However, people rarely use persimmon leaves, and only in a few areas do people use them as a beverage instead of tea.

Modern scientific analysis has found that in addition to containing considerable amounts of protein, amino acids and multiple vitamins, persimmon leaves also contain choline, rutin and tannin, which have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, blood-activating, blood pressure-lowering, lipid-lowering and anti-cancer effects. In particular, the vitamin C content it contains can reach 1800mg/100g, which is much higher than common fruits and vegetables. It can resist scurvy, prevent and treat bronchitis, and prevent and fight cancer. At present, some people have developed functional foods and medicines such as persimmon leaf tea to prevent and treat arteriosclerosis, hypertension and coronary heart disease. If you boil persimmon leaves or mix them with water as tea, it can also promote the body's metabolism, lower blood pressure, increase coronary blood flow, and relieve cough and phlegm. Persimmon leaves contain high levels of tannin, which affects the taste and needs to be seasoned. If seasoned well, they can be used to make delicious functional foods, which can become good health foods for humans to prevent and treat "civilization diseases".

The outstanding nutritional and health function of persimmon leaf tea lies in that it contains several or even dozens of times more natural Vc than ordinary tea, and the content of rutin, choline, flavonoids and 17 essential amino acids for the human body is also dozens of times higher than that of fruits, vegetables and ordinary beverages. Natural vitamin C promotes human metabolism and has certain therapeutic effects on scurvy, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Rutin and choline can soften blood vessels and prevent arteriosclerosis. Flavonoids can lower blood pressure, increase arterial blood flow, and have a significant inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus. According to Japan, long-term drinking of persimmon leaf tea can prevent the accumulation of melanin (age spots) and promote the body to produce interferon, which is anti-cancer and anti-influenza virus.

Boil 30-60g of dried persimmon leaves in water twice, mix and divide into 3 portions, take 1 portion each time while warm, 3 times a day. Or dry the persimmon leaves in the shade and grind them into powder, take 3 to 6g each time, 3 times a day. It can relieve asthma, quench thirst, promote salivation, stop bleeding and treat sores. It has an antispasmodic effect on smooth muscle and also has a blood pressure lowering effect.

Warm reminder: In fact, the claim that persimmon leaves can lower blood sugar is not true. However, persimmon leaves themselves are something rich in tannin. If you take a bath in persimmon leaves repeatedly, it is often a very good way to maintain your health. Because it often has good bactericidal benefits and has the effect of tightening the skin.