 Mulberry
(Sangshen)
Pharmaceutical Name: Fructus Mori
Botanical Name: Morus alba L.
Common Name: Mulberry, Morus fruit
Source of Earliest Record: Xinxiu Bencao
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The ripe fruit is gathered from
April to June. It is cleaned and dried in
the sun.
Properties & Taste: Sweet and cold
Meridians: Heart, liver and kidney
 Functions:
1. To nourish the yin and replenish
the blood;
2. To promote the production of
body fluids and stop thirst;
3. To moisten
the intestines and move feces
Indications & Combinations:
1. Deficient yin and blood manifested as
dizziness, vertigo, blurred vision, tinnitus,
deafness, insomnia and early graying of hair.
Mulberry (Sangshen) is used with Fleeceflower
root (Heshouwu), Grossy privet fruit (Nuzhenzi)
and Eclipta (Mohanlian) in the formula Shouwu
Yanshou Dan.
2. Thirst and dry mouth due to deficient
body fluids or diabetes manifested as thirst
with desire to drink, profuse urine and lassitude.
Mulberry (Sangshen) is used with Ophiopogon
root (Maidong), Grossy privet fruit (Nuzhenzi)
and Trichosanthes root (Tianhuafen).
3. Constipation due to dryness in the intestines.
Mulberry (Sangshen) is used with Black sesame
seed (Heizhima), raw Fleeceflower root (Heshouwu)
and Hemp seed (Huomaren).
Dosage: 10-15 g |
