What are the benefits of drinking mulberry bark soaked in water?
Mulberry bark is the root bark of the small deciduous tree Morus alba L. in the Moraceae family.
Harvested and dug in winter, the yellow corky outer bark is scraped off, and the inner bark is washed, cut into sections, and dried. It can be used raw or roasted.
[Medicinal Name] Mulberry bark, white mulberry root bark, roasted mulberry bark.
[Properties and Channels] It has a sweet and bitter taste and a cold nature. It enters the Lung and Spleen channels.
[Medicinal Functions] Clears the lungs, relieves cough, promotes diuresis, and reduces swelling.
[Main Treatments]
1. Clears the lungs and relieves cough: Used for lung heat cough and shortness of breath.
2. Promotes diuresis and reduces swelling: Used for lung and spleen qi stagnation, water stagnation, facial and limb edema, chest and abdominal distension, shortness of breath, and difficulty in urination.
In addition, mulberry bark can also be used for:
1. Hypertension caused by excessive liver yang.
2. Diabetes with thirst and polyuria.
3. External bleeding, apply fresh mulberry bark juice. It can also be used to wash skin inflammation, itching, and insect bites.
[Precautions] Use with caution in cases of deficient lung and lack of fire causing cough.
