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White Mulberry Root - bark

Latin Pharmaceutical Name

Mori Cortex

Chinese Name

桑白皮

Category

Tree barks and root barks

White Mulberry Root - barkMore Info

Production Regions

Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hunan, Sichuan.

Macroscopic Features

Long strip-like grooved shape, left and right sides rolled inward, rolled edge is half-tube-like, center of the groove is long, twisted and flaky, tube-like or groove-like with both sides rolled inward, uneven length and width, 0.1~0.5cm thick. Outer surface is pale yellowish-white or grayish-yellow, smooth, with thin longitudinal lines, with longitudinal crack, expanded fibers. Light and pliable texture, difficult to break, can be easily torn longitudinally, with white powder when tearing; faint odor, slightly sweet taste.

Quality Requirements

Superior medicinal material is white, thick, powdery.

Properties

Sweet, cold

Functions

Drains lung, calms panting, promotes urination, eliminates swelling. Apply to cough due to lung heat, facial edema, difficulty in micturition.

Processed Form

Honey sang bai pi: sliced sang bai pi stir with refined honey(100kg sangbaipi need 25kg refined water which is diluted by boiled water), covered for a while, fry with slow fire until turn to golden yellow and not sticky to hands, take out and spread to cool. Moderate the

Origin

The dried root bark of Morus alba L.(Moraceae)

White Mulberry Root - barkHerbs in the formula

White-Draining Powder

Action：Clears and drains the heat constraint and relieves coughing and panting.

Indication：This formula is indicated for coughing and panting caused by lung heat. The symptoms are coughing, panting, and steaming heat of skin that worsens in the late afternoon, a red tongue body with a yellow coating, and a thready, rapid pulse.

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Arrest Wheezing Decoction

Action：Diffuses the lung and directs qi downward, clears heat, and dissolves phlegm.

Indication：Ding Chuan Tang is indicated for wheezing and panting due to phlegm-heat accumulation in the lung. The symptoms are wheezing and panting, cough, phlegm with heavy breathing, thick yellow phlegm, and slight aversion to wind. The tongue coating is yellow and greasy, and the pulse is slippery and rapid.

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Five-Peel Powder

Action：Promotes urination and relieves edema, rectifies qi and fortifies the spleen.

Indication：Wu Pi San is indicated for skin edema resulting from excessive dampness and spleen deficiency causing qi stagnation and water diffusion. The symptoms are general edema, heavy sensation of the body and limbs, fullness and distention of chest and abdomen, dyspnea, dysuria, and gestational edema. The tongue coating is white and greasy, and the pulse is deep and slow.

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Nine Immortals Powder

Action：Astringes the lung, relieves cough, boosts qi and nourishes yin.

Indication：Jiu Xian San is designed for a pattern of chronic cough caused by lung deficiency. The main symptoms include a chronic, unremitting cough that may be accompanied by labored breathing in severe cases, spontaneous sweating, scanty, sticky phlegm, and a deficient, rapid pulse.

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