Mulberry bark (Sangbaipi)
Morus alba L. (Fam. Moraceae).
Pharmaceutical Name: Cortex Mori Radicis
Botanical Name: Morus alba L. (Fam. Moraceae).
Common Name: Mulberry bark, Morus bark,
White mulberry
rootbark.
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. For edema, it is used with Pericarpium Arecae (Da Fu Pi),
Pericarpium Poria (Fu Ling Pi), and Pericarpium Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens
(Sheng Jiang Pi).
Dosage: 10-15 g, decocted in water for
an oral dose.
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