Morus Cortex, Mulberry Bark, Sang Bai Pi 桑白皮
Sang Bai Pi (TCM）
Botanical name:
Morus alba
Parts used:
Root-Bark
Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Sweet. Some older TCM sources said it was Warm, others said Neutral
Classifications:
Q. Stop Cough and Wheezing
Morus alba
Parts used:
Root-Bark
Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Sweet. Some older TCM sources said it was Warm, others said Neutral
Classifications:
Q. Stop Cough and Wheezing
ADVERTISEMENT:
Uses:
1. Clears Lung Heat, Stop Cough and Wheezing:
-Cough and Wheezing from Lung Heat
2. Promotes Urine:
-Edema from heat obstruction (especially puffy eyes, facial edema, edema of extremities)
-it has a marked diuretic effect
3. Settles Wind:
-Hypertension, Palpitation
-Infantile Convulsions, Epilepsy
-antihypertensive effect has been shown
4. Benefits Qi:
-"good for tonifying ... It treats diseases caused by five overstrains and six extremes" (Shen Nong Ben Cao)
-"tonifies a condition of interior insufficiency" (Zhen Quan)
-"benefits all the Five Viscera" (Meng Xian)
-"tonifies the insufficient condition of Yuan Qi (Primordial Qi)". (Li Gao)
5. Kills Worms:
-"Kills Tapeworm" (Mingyi Bielu)
-"Kills worms in the Viscera and Bowels" (Da Ming)
Dose:
Powder: 2–5 grams
Comment:
This is used similarly to Mulberry bark in the West which is also used for Edema.
Preparation:
... available in PRO version
Powder: 2–5 grams
Comment:
This is used similarly to Mulberry bark in the West which is also used for Edema.
Preparation:
... available in PRO version
Main Combinations:
1. Lung Heat Cough, Bronchitis, Wheezing:
i. Morus Sang Bai Pi with ... available in PRO version
ii. Morus Sang Bai Pi with ... available in PRO version
iii. Morus Sang Bai Pi with ... available in PRO version
iv. Morus Sang Bai Pi (Mulberry root-bark)... available in PRO version
v. from Phlegm-Heat, Morus Sang Bai Pi with ... available in PRO version
vi. with hard-to-clear Phlegm, Morus Sang Bai Pi with ... available in PRO version
vii. Cough and Wheezing with copious yellow Phlegm, Morus Sang Bai Pi with ... available in PRO version
viii. Chronic Cough, Morus Sang Bai Pi with ... available in PRO version
2. Asthma from Heat, Morus Sang Bai Pi with ... available in PRO version
3. Edema:
i. Morus Sang Bai Pi with ... available in PRO version
ii. Morus Sang Bai Pi with ... available in PRO version
iii. Morus Sang Bai Pi with ... available in PRO version
iv. Facial Edema, Puffy eyes, Morus Sang Bai Pi with ... available in PRO version
4. Hypertension:
i. Morus Sang Bai Pi with ... available in PRO version
ii. Morus Sang Bai Pi with ... available in PRO version
5. Leukemia, ... available in PRO version
6. Esophageal Cancer, decoct Morus Sang Bai Pi ... available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Xie Bai San
Ding Chuan Tang
Bu Fei Tang
Qing Fei Tang
Ren Shen Bu Fei Tang
Ren Shen Ge Jie Tang
Wu Pi San
Jiu Xian San
ADVERTISEMENT:
Cautions:
Not used in Cold-type Cough
Toxicity:
LD50 of water or alcohol extract orally in mice is 10g/kg.
Main Preparations used:
Not used in Cold-type Cough
Toxicity:
LD50 of water or alcohol extract orally in mice is 10g/kg.
Main Preparations used: