People who have always valued health preservation like to use traditional Chinese medicine to make wine. Brewing wine with Chinese medicine is not only beneficial to health but can also treat diseases. What are the benefits of brewing wine with mulberry bark?
The efficacy and effects of mulberry bark
1. Mulberry bark decoction for diuresis and cough: Prepare 15g of mulberry bark and decoct it in water for half an hour. Divide it into three doses and take it within a day.
2. Use Xie Bai San to treat cough with lung heat and yellow fur on the tongue:
Prepare 10g of mulberry bark, 10g of di gu pi, 6g of roasted licorice, and 9g of polished rice. Put the above Chinese medicinal materials in a sand pot, add some water, and boil for about an hour. Take one dose of the medicine daily, divided into two doses.
3. Use Wu Pi Tang to relieve body edema: Prepare 9g of mulberry bark, ginger peel, da fu pi, fu ling, chen pi. Put the above medicinal materials into a sand pot, decoct with water for 30 minutes, and take the juice.
Take one dose daily, divided into two doses. This product has the function of diuresis and swelling, and is mainly used to treat edema.
4. Mulberry bark and polished rice porridge can nourish the body: Prepare 9g of mulberry bark powder, 50g of polished rice, and 15g of white sugar. Cook them with water to make porridge. Eat it once in the morning and once in the evening for better health.
The main uses of mulberry bark wine
200g of mulberry bark, 1000ml of rice wine.
Chop the mulberry bark and soak it in rice wine for 7 days. Drink it 3 times a day, 20ml each time. It nourishes the lungs and kidneys, clears heat and transforms phlegm, and is used for patients with lung heat cough and hypertension.
Precautions for consuming mulberry bark
1. People with weak lungs, excessive bowel movements, and cough due to wind and cold should avoid consuming mulberry bark.
2. It should not be used with Xuduan, Guixin, and Magan. (From "Bencao Jingji Zhu")
3. People with weak lungs and no fire, who develop cough due to cold attack, should not take mulberry bark. (From "Bencao Jing Shu")
4. People with weak lungs and frequent urination should use mulberry bark with caution. (From "Depei Bencao")
