Mulberry bark (Sangbaipi)

Pharmaceutical Name: Cortex Mori

Botanical Name: Morus alba L.

Common Name: Mulberry bark, Morus bark

Source of Earliest Record: Shennong Bencao Jing

Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: The bark of the root is collected in winter. It is cleaned, cut into pieces and dried in the sun.

Properties & Taste: Sweet and cold

Meridian: Lung

Functions:
1. To reduce heat from the lungs and soothe asthma;
2. To promote urination and reduce edema

Indications & Combinations:
1. Heat in the lungs manifested as cough with excessive sputum and asthma. Mulberry bark (Sangbaipi) is used with Wolfberry bark (Digupi) and Licorice root (Gancao) in the formula Xiebai San.

2. Dysuria or edema. Mulberry bark (Sangbaipi) is used with Areca nut shell (Dafupi) and Poria peel (Fulingpi) in the formula Wupi Yin.

Dosage: 10-15 g