What is the function of mulberry bark?

Mulberry bark is a sweet, pungent and cold traditional Chinese medicine, which has the effects of clearing away lung-heat, relieving asthma, diuresis and detumescence, and has good curative effect on beriberi caused by cough, asthma due to lung heat, edema due to urination, dry mouth and fungal infection. However, due to the cold mulberry skin, it is suggested that women should not take it during menstruation or pregnancy, so as not to cause abdominal pain or affect the normal development of the fetus. Excessive consumption may easily cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Mulberry bark can clear lung-heat, relieve asthma, induce diuresis and reduce swelling, and can be used for edema, such as geomantic omen and skin water. Moreover, for patients with systemic edema, facial skin edema, fullness, dyspnea and dysuria, it can be combined with other drugs to treat lung heat, asthma and cough. Therefore, mulberry bark has high medicinal value.