Bad breath, belly fat treated with TCM magnolia bark

What is magnolia bark(Magnolia Officinalis, Hou Po)?
It refers to the dried bark of trunk, root, and branch of Magnolia officinalis Rehd. et Wils. or Magnolia officinalis Rehd. et Wils. var. biloba Rehd. et Wils., plants in the family of Magnoliaceae. Also, other names include cortex magnoliae officinalis and cortex magnoliae. It is mainly produced in Sichuan, Hubei and other places. The best peeling time is from April to June. Root and branch barks are placed in the shade to dry. After drying, put them in boiling water, cook slightly, pile them in shade and moist places, let them sweat until the inner surface turns purple, brown or tan, steam them soft, roll into tube shape, dry again, cut into shreds, prepare with ginger, and set aside for future use.

This is a deciduous tree, 5 to 15 meters in height. Barks are purple-brown. Twigs have fine hairs when young but glabrous when old. Buds in winter are thick, conical, and with bud scales densely covered with pale brown hair. Leaves are alternate, elliptic-obovate, 35 to 45cm long, and 12 to 20cm wide. Flowers, blooming along with leaves, grow solitarily on the top of branch, cup-shaped, white, fragrant, and 15cm in diameter. Aggregate fruit is oblong ovate, 9 to 12cm long and 5 to 6.5cm in diameter. Carpel, woody when mature, is tightly packed and with curved tip on the top. Seeds are triangular-obovate and with red testa. Its flowering period is from April to May and fruit period from September to October. In China it is distributed in Zhejiang, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places.

Magnolia bark benefits
Magnolia officinalis, eucommia and phellodendron are called "three wood" herbs, which are known for their three medicinal parts of dried barks of trunk, branch, and root. And magnolia tree bark is widely used for a variety of diseases. According to related studies, currently there are more than 200 Chinese patent drugs that are based on this herb. No wonder now it is made into various magnolia bark products, such as supplement, liquid extract, capsules, tea, powder, chewing gum, day cream and night cream, pills, tincture, tablets, toothpaste, and so on. Compared to its traditional uses, modern magnolia bark uses have been greatly expanded, including sleep disorders or Insomnia, Anxiety, weight loss, stress, High Blood Pressure (Hypertension), bad breath (Halitosis), belly fat, birth control, Prostate Cancer, gastroparesis, hair loss, and more.