Mulberry leaf is often used in early stage of feverish conditions that accompany with headache, sweating, aversion to wind blowing, coughing or chest pain; other conditions like dry coughing, throat and mouth dryness, painful and swollen eyes, blurred vision, dizziness, hives and swollen legs are also indicated.^[2],[3],[4]

• Mulberry leaf is good at dispelling wind and clearing heat
  In the early stage of upper respiratory infections, when individuals occur mild fever, headache, sweating, aversion to wind blowing, coughing, throat soreness, and mouth dryness, mulberry leaf can work with herbs like chrysanthemum, weeping forsythia capsule, peppermint, platycodon root, great burdock fruit and hogfennel root to dispel wind evils and clear heat evils in the superficial portion of the body for relief.
• Mulberry leaf moistens lung system
  When the lung is attacked by wind-heat or dryness evils, there will be dry coughing, mouth dryness, little and sticky sputum or blood-tinged sputum. Mulberry leaf can work with schizonepeta herb, coastal glehnia root, dwarf lily-turf tuber, unibract fritillary bulb and bitter apricot seed to lubricate the lung. A well-known prescription for that is Mulberry and Apricot Decoction.
• Mulberry leaf is commonly used in eye problems
  When wind and heat evils attacking the liver meridian, the eyes can be red, sensitive to light, and teary, mulberry leaf can be decocted alone for eye washing, at the same time, it is also decocted with chrysanthemum, horsetail and caltrop fruit for oral administration. When excess fire accumulated in the liver meridian, there can be red and painful eyes, headache and dizziness, mulberry leaf can work with herbs like cassia seed, selfheal fruit spike, chrysanthemum, and plantain seed to soothe the liver and clear the fire for relief. Liver and kidney deficiencies lead to blurred and dim visions, mulberry leaf can be combined with glossy privet fruit, wolfberry fruit, black sesame and honey to make pills for long term consumption, which nourishes the liver and kidney.
• Mulberry leaf stops bleeding
  Bleeding symptoms such as nosebleeds are usually associated with an over-heated blood, mulberry leaf alone or with other herbs can be selected to cool down the blood and stop bleeding.

Studies have showed that mulberry leaf has effects in anti-inflammatory, lowering body temperature, reducing blood sugar, protecting skin, anti-septic, and reducing blood pressure and lipids.^[4],[7],[8]