What are the effects and functions of mulberry bark?

There are actually many functions and effects of mulberry bark. For example, mulberry bark can help us repair tissue cells, fade scars, and has a good diuretic and swelling-reducing effect. It can also improve lung heat and asthma, and nourish and whiten the skin.

1. Repairing tissue cells Mulberry bark has the effect of repairing damaged tissue cells, fading scars, and promoting diuresis and reducing swelling.

2. Antihypertensive effect: Oral administration of mulberry decoction to animals has a slight and slow antihypertensive effect. The bark of the roots or branches has a significant antihypertensive effect, while the roots and new shoots and leaves have no effect. When 1g (crude drug)/kg of extract made from ether, hot water or warm methanol is injected subcutaneously into rabbits, blood pressure can be lowered. Treat epistaxis, hemoptysis and hypertension caused by excessive liver yang and liver fire. Mulberry bark has the function of stopping blood and clearing the liver. It can treat epistaxis, hemoptysis, and hypertension caused by excessive liver yang and liver fire.

3. Used for edema, such as edema, skin water, etc. Mulberry bark can clear and descend lung qi, regulate the water channels and promote diuresis. Therefore, it is used for people with edema all over the body, puffy face and skin, fullness, shortness of breath, and difficulty urinating. It is often combined with Poria peel, Citrus aurantium peel, etc., such as Wupi Drink.

4. Used for lung heat, asthma, cough, etc. Mulberry bark is cold in nature and enters the lung meridian. It can relieve lung fire and water vapor in the lungs and relieve asthma. For the treatment of lung heat, cough and asthma, it is often used together with Rehmannia glutinosa, such as Xiebai San. If water and fluid stagnate in the lungs, causing bloating and shortness of breath, it can be used together with ephedra, apricot kernel, scutellaria baicalensis and other drugs that can clear the lungs and expel fluid.

5. Skin whitening: External use of mulberry bark can indeed nourish and whiten the skin, especially the protein it is rich in has a very good effect on the skin.