Mulberry bark is a very effective medicinal herb with both oral and water-drinking uses. It has excellent effects in relieving asthma and reducing swelling. Let's learn more about the benefits and effects of mulberry bark!
【Benefits and Effects of Mulberry Bark】
1. Clearing the lungs and relieving asthma
Mulberry bark has a sweet and cold nature and enters the lungs. It can clear lung heat and remove water and phlegm to relieve asthma. It is often used to treat lung heat cough and asthma, often in combination with Digu Pi in prescriptions such as Xie Bai San;
If there is water stagnation in the lungs, fullness, asthma, it can be used in combination with Ma Huang, Xing Ren, and Ting Li Zi to promote lung ventilation and diuretic effects; for those with lung deficiency and heat, cough, shortness of breath, hot flashes, and night sweats, it can be combined with Ren Shen, Wu Wei Zi, and Shu Di to tonify the lungs, such as Bu Fei Tang.
2. Diuretic and reducing swelling
Mulberry bark can promote the descent of lung qi, regulate and smooth the water channels, and diuretic to reduce swelling. It is especially suitable for yang water retention patterns such as edema and facial swelling, fullness, asthma, and difficult urination. It is often used in combination with Fu Ling Pi, Da Fu Pi, and Chen Pi, such as Wu Pi San.
3. Lowering blood pressure and stopping bleeding
Mulberry bark also has the function of clearing the liver, lowering blood pressure, and stopping bleeding. It can be used to treat bleeding, hemoptysis, and hypertension caused by liver hyperactivity and yang excess.
【Usage and Combinations of Mulberry Bark】
1. Combination with Digu Pi
Mulberry bark clears heat without damaging qi, promotes water circulation without damaging yin, and has the functions of clearing heat, relieving asthma, stopping cough, and eliminating phlegm. Digu Pi is good at promoting blood circulation, can clear hidden lung heat, clear kidney deficiency heat, and nourish yin. When used together, one promotes qi circulation and the other promotes blood circulation, resulting in both clearing lung fire and reducing reverse qi, nourishing kidney yin, and reducing deficient fire. It is very effective for lung heat, yin deficiency, cough, and asthma.
2. Combination with mulberry leaves
Mulberry bark has a sweet and cold nature, clears the lungs, promotes water circulation, and relieves asthma and cough. Mulberry leaves are light and can disperse wind and heat, and promote lung ventilation and stop coughing. When the two herbs are used together, one promotes lung ventilation and the other clears the lungs, achieving a good effect in treating lung heat, cough, and shortness of breath caused by wind and heat accumulation.
3. Combination with Huang Qin
Mulberry bark has a sweet and cold nature, promotes water circulation, and relieves asthma. It can clear lung heat, reduce lung qi, moisturize the lungs, and eliminate phlegm and relieve asthma. Huang Qin has a bitter and cold nature, mainly acts on the upper burner, and its bitterness can dry dampness, while its coldness can clear heat. Therefore, it can clear liver fire and eliminate phlegm heat. When the two herbs are used together, they have a strong heat-clearing effect. Moreover, the sweet and cold nature of mulberry bark can counteract the bitter nature of Huang Qin, so it can clear lung heat without damaging yin. It is very effective for lung heat, cough, and asthma.
