Morus Cortex, Mulberry Bark, Sang Bai Pi 桑白皮
Sang Bai Pi (TCM)Morus alba
Botanische wandplaten (Plantillustrations)
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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
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
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
Cautions:
Not used in Cold-type Cough
Toxicity:
LD50 of water or alcohol extract orally in mice is 10g/kg.