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Mulberry Leaf

Name

Mulberry Leaf

Latin Pharmaceutical Name

Mori Folium

Chinese Name

桑叶

Category

Leaves

Mulberry LeafMore Info

Production Regions

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

Macroscopic Features

Often wrinkled and broken. Intact leaf has stem, upper surface has yellowish-green or pale yellowish-brown, sometimes has small raised points, lower surface is relatively pale, leaf veins are raised, small veins are reticular, veins are covered with loose hairs, vein base has branched hairs. Brittle texture, faint odor, tasteless, slightly bitter, astringent taste.

Quality Requirements

Superior medicinal material is yellowish-green and large.

Properties

Sweet, bitter, cold.

Functions

Dispels wind heat, clears lung, moistens dryness, calms liver yang, clears liver, brightens eyes, cools blood, stops bleeding.

Processed Form

Fried sang ye: Fry sang ye with slow fire, until turned dark yellow, take out and spread to cool. Moderate the cold nature of medicinal material. Processed sang ye: also called honey sang ye. Process sang ye with honey. Promotes the effect of moistening dryness.

Origin

The dried leaf of Morus alba L.(Moraceae)

Mulberry LeafHerbs in the formula

Antelope Horn and Uncaria Decoction

Action：Cools the liver and extinguishes wind, and increases fluids to relax the sinews.

Indication：Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang is indicated for a pattern of exuberant heat stirring wind. The symptoms are persistent high fever, irritability, restlessness, twitching and spasms of the extremities, convulsions, coma, a dark red tongue body with a dry tongue coating, or a burnt tongue with prickles, and a wiry, rapid pulse.

View Details Wind-calming formulas

Eliminate Dryness and Rescue the Lung Decoction

Action：Relieves dryness and moistens the lung, nourishes yin and boosts qi.

Indication：Qing zao jiu fei tang is indicated for the pattern of warm-dryness damaging the lung, complicated by damage to both qi and yin. The symptoms are fever, headache, coughing with no sputum, labored breathing, dryness of the nose and throat, vexation, thirst, chest fullness and hypochondriac pain. The tongue body is dry with scanty tongue coating, and the pulse is deficient, big, and rapid.

View Details Dryness-moistening formulas

Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum Beverage

Action：Dissipates wind and clears heat, ventilates the lung, and stops coughing.

Indication：Sang Ju Yin is indicated for the initial stage of a wind-warmth pattern. Coughing is the major symptom along with a low-grade fever, slight thirst, and a superficial rapid pulse.

View Details Exterior-releasing formulas

Mulberry Leaf and Apricot Kernel Decoction

Action：Clears and diffuses warm-dryness, moistens the lung and dissolves phlegm.

Indication：Sang Xing Tang is indicated for the pattern of externally-contracted warm-dryness. The symptoms are mild fever, thirst, dry throat and nasal cavities, dry cough without sputum, or with scanty, and sticky sputum. The tongue body is red with a thin, white and dry coating. The pulse is floating and rapid and is large on the right side.

View Details Dryness-moistening formulas