The efficacy and function of the white bark of paper mulberry

Recently, major TV channels have launched various health programs, and food programs have also introduced special health-preserving dietary therapy methods. All aspects show that the concept of health preservation is gradually deepening in people's understanding. Next, we will introduce a health-preserving medicinal material, the white bark of the paper mulberry tree.

[Other names] Gourd bark (Wu Pu's Materia Medica), Paper mulberry bark (Bie Lu), White mulberry bark (Qian Jin Fang), White mulberry bark (Sheng Ji Zong Lu), Gou bark (Cao Mu Bian Fang).

[Source] It is the phloem of the bark of the paper mulberry tree, a plant of the Moraceae family .

【Nature and flavor】 ①《Medicine Properties》: "Sweet, neutral, non-toxic."

【Functions and indications】Promotes the flow of water and stops bleeding. It is used to treat edema, flatulence, shortness of breath, cough, bloody diarrhea, and uterine bleeding in women.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 2 to 3 qian; make into wine or make into pills or powder. For external use: decoct in water for washing, or burn and grind into powder for eye application.

[Additional prescription] ① To treat recent and long-term swelling in men and women, caused by sudden and severe wind entering the abdomen; to treat wind entering the internal organs of women who have just given birth, with a feeling of horsewhip in the abdomen, shortness of breath and cough: Take a large bunch of paper mulberry bark branches and leaves, cut them, boil them to extract the juice, make wine according to the amount, but it is better to take it until you are drunk. The swelling will decrease within three to four days, and you can take it regularly after it is healed. (Qianjin Fang)

[Clinical application] Treatment of chronic tracheitis: Take 1 liang of the second layer of bark of the paper mulberry tree (paper mulberry), 5 qian of the young red (Rubiaceae plant sword-leaved ear grass), 5 qian of the fish mint, all fresh. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, divided into 3 times. A total of 233 cases were treated. After taking the medicine for 10 days, 41 cases (17.6%) were clinically cured, and 63 cases (27.4%) were significantly effective.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From Compendium of Materia Medica

Everyone should know the effects and functions of the white bark of the paper mulberry tree. The white bark of the paper mulberry tree has high medicinal value and is a very common Chinese medicinal material. It is very good for our body.