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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

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