The effect and function of salt phellodendron

The salt phellodendron bark has the functions of clearing away heat and dampness, nourishing yin and discharging fire, lowering blood pressure, etc.

1. Clearing heat and dampness

Salt phellodendron bark is a commonly used heat-clearing medicine, which can treat damp-heat diseases in the lower jiao, such as dysentery due to damp-heat, jaundice due to damp-heat, beriberi due to damp-heat descending, etc.

2. Nourishing yin and discharging fire

Salt phellodendron bark bitter discharge cold, entering kidney and bladder meridians, integrating clearing excess fire, damp-heat and deficiency heat into one, which can be used for detoxification and sores treatment, purging fire and removing steam.

3. Hypotensive

modern pharmacological research has found that salt phellodendron bark contains many alkaloids such as phellodendron bark, jatrorrhizine, berberine, etc., which help regulate vascular function, inhibit sympathetic nerve excitability and help lower blood pressure.