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 |
| art 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 and Taste: | Sweet and cold |
| Meridian: | Lung |
| Functions: | To nourish the yin and replenish the blood To promote the production of body fluids and stop thirst To moisten the intestines and move feces |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Heat in the lungs manifested as cough with excessive sputum and asthma. *Use with Wolfberry bark (Digupi) and Licorice root (Gancao) in the formula Xiebai San. 2. Dysuria or edema. *Use with Areca nut shell (Dafupi) and Poria peel (Fulingpi) in the formula Wupi Yin. |
| Dosage: | 10-15 g |