What are the medicinal values ​​of mulberry bark

Mulberry bark is cold in nature, sweet and spicy in taste. It is a medicinal material that can clear the lungs and relieve asthma, promote diuresis and reduce swelling. Generally, mulberry bark can be used fresh or dried. In terms of treatment, mulberry bark can generally be used to treat diseases such as shortness of breath and cough in children. Mulberry bark can be decocted with some other medicinal materials. Some mulberry bark can also treat diseases such as muscle spasms, waist and leg pain, and it is usually decocted and taken orally. Some can also treat coughs, and the method is also decocting and taking.

1. Clearing away heat and purging the lungs: ① Used for latent fire in the lungs, with symptoms of coughing and excessive sputum, yellow and sticky, uncomfortable spitting out, red face, hot and steaming skin, especially in the evening, similar to Rehmannia glutinosa and Pleurotus eryngii. ② It is used for asthma due to lung heat, with symptoms of cough, wheezing, rapid breathing, full chest and upward breathing, excessive phlegm in the throat, which is often sticky, and often accompanied by fever, red urine and dry stool. The treatment should be to clear the metal and reduce fire, and it can be used together with Scutellaria baicalensis and Rhubarb. ③It is used for liver fire invading the lungs, wood fire punishing metal. Symptoms include qi reversal, cough and asthma, red face when coughing, distension and pain in the chest and ribs, bitter mouth, dry throat, sticky phlegm in the throat that is difficult to cough out. It is used in combination with liver-clearing and depression-relieving drugs to clear liver fire and lung heat, with very good therapeutic effect.

2. Promote diuresis and reduce edema: ① Used for systemic edema caused by renal disease, used together with ginger peel, Poria peel, etc. ② It is used for water retention in the lungs, with symptoms including cough, asthma, distension, excessive phlegm, and pain in the chest and flanks, i.e. pleural effusion. It is used together with scutellaria baicalensis and zanthoxylum bungeanum.

In addition, mulberry bark can also treat patients with edema and swelling, and can also help treat some patients with bloating and shortness of breath. In addition, diseases such as diabetes can also be treated by taking mulberry bark as a decoction. For example, poisoning by some insects, such as bites from ants and centipedes, can also be treated with mulberry bark.