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 |
