What are the medicinal uses of bark?
All parts of the plant contain tannins, whereas the bark is the main focus of pharmaceutical and folk medicine [12]. In the form of resins, poultices, or gargle solutions, it is used for its antiseptic effect in the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the mucosa in the genital, anal, and oral areas [11]. It has numerous medicinal applications, including anti-malarial and antibacterial effects. The stem bark extract has been shown previously to be toxic to Plasmodium falciparum (Ademola et al.The bark of the roots and stems of Magnolia officinalis (MO) has been used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine to treat liver disease and other disorders, such as gastrointestinal disorders, anxiety, and allergic disease (Lee et al.