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Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum Beverage

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Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum Beverage
ChiefSang Ye
    • disperse wind-heat
    • mutually reinforce the exterior-releasing action of the formula
This is a common medicinal pair for venting the pathogen by cooling wind-heat affecting the lung channel.
ChiefJu Hua
    • disperse wind-heat
    • mutually reinforce the exterior-releasing action of the formula
This is a common medicinal pair for venting the pathogen by cooling wind-heat affecting the lung channel.
DeputyBo He
    • releases the exterior with its acrid-cool nature
Assists the chief to scatter and dissipate wind-heat in the upper jiao.
DeputyXìng Ren
    • descends the lung qi
This is a basic combination for diffusing and descending the lung qi.
DeputyJie Geng
    • unblocks and diffuses the lung qi
This is a basic combination for diffusing and descending the lung qi.
AssistantLian Qiao
    • vents the pathogen and resolves toxins
It prevents the accumulation of toxins from warm pathogens.
AssistantLu Gen
    • clears heat and promotes body fluids
It prevents damage to the fluids caused by warm pathogens.
EnvoySheng Gan Cao
    • harmonizes all of the medicinals

Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum BeveragePrescription Information

Name
Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum Beverage
Chinese Name

桑菊饮

Classification

Exterior-releasing formulas

Combination
Mori Folium (Sang Ye) 2.5 qian (7.5g), Chrysanthemi Flos (Ju Hua) 1 qian (3g), Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xing Ren) 2 qian (6g), Forsythiae Fructus (Lian Qiao) 1.5 qian (5g), Menthae Haplocalycis Herba (Bo He add towards the end) 8 fen (2.5g), Platycodonis Radix (Jie Geng) 2 qian (6g), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao) 8 fen (2.5g), Phragmitis Rhizoma (Lu Gen) 2 qian (6g)
Method
Prepare it as a decoction. It should be taken warm.
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.
Pathogenesis
When the lung is attacked by wind-warmth, the lung qi fails to diffuse which results in a cough. Since the pathogen is at a relatively superficial area, the damage to the body fluids is moderate, the body is not feeling too warm, and there is only minor thirst. This is a pattern of mild exterior wind-heat, with signs of an early stage warm disease and failure of the lung to diffuse and descent qi. In this case, the treatment method is to dissipate wind, clear heat, and ventilate the lung to stop coughing.
Application
1. Essential pattern differentiation Sang Ju Yin is commonly indicated for the pattern of wind-heat attacking the lung, causing cough. Due to its mild acrid-cool nature, it is necessary to add relevant medicinals for those patients with excessive lung heat. Otherwise it cannot handle more severe lung heat patterns because the formula is too light, and the condition will not resolve. Moreover, it is not applicable to patterns of wind-cold cough. This clinical pattern is marked by cough, mild fever, slight thirst, superficial and rapid pulse. 2. Modern applications The formula may be used in the following biomedically defined disorders showing signs and symptoms of wind-heat attacking the lung or the liver channels: common cold, acute bronchitis, upper respiratory tract infection, pneumonia, acute conjunctivitis, and keratitis. 3. Cautions and contraindications It should not be boiled for too long because of the light diffusing nature of the medicinals in this formula.
Source
《Systematic Differentiation of Warm Diseases》Wen Bing Tiao Bian《溫病條辨》

Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum BeverageFormulation composition herbal medicine

Mulberry Leaf

Mulberry Leaf

Mori Folium
Functions：Dispels wind heat, clears lung, moistens dryness, calms liver yang, clears liver, brightens eyes, cools blood, stops bleeding.
Reed Rhizome

Reed Rhizome

Phragmitis Rhizoma
Functions：Clears heat, engenders fluid, eliminates vexation, stops vomiting, promotes urination. Apply to pyreticosis and dipsesis, vomiting due to gastric heat, cough due to lung heat, and vomit pus induced by lung abscess, heat stranguria and astringent pain.
Weeping Forsythia Fruit

Weeping Forsythia Fruit

Forsythiae Fructus
Functions：Clears heat, resolves toxin, eliminates swelling, disperses stasis, dispels wind heat, also called ‘premier of sore medicines’. Apply to warm heat diseases, erysipelas, rashes, abscess swelling pain, scrofula, pyretic stranguria and uroschesis, heart fire.
Ansu Apricot Seed

Ansu Apricot Seed

Armeniacae Semen Amarum
Functions：Downbears qi, stops cough, calms panting, moistens intestines, frees stools. Apply to coughing and dyspnea, excessive phlegm due to chest distention, hemopenia due to consumption of fluid, constipation induced by dryness of the intestine.
Florists Dendranthema

Florists Dendranthema

Chrysanthemi Flos
Functions：Clears heat, resolves toxin, calms the liver, brightens eyes, dispels wind, disperses heat.
Balloonflower Root

Balloonflower Root

Platycodonis Radix
Functions：Diffuses the lung, eliminates phlegm, promotes throat, expels pus, promotes five internal organs, supplements five qi, supplements five taxations, nourishes qi. Apply to cough excessive phlegm, swelling pharyngalgia, pulmonary abscess and pyemesis, chest fullness and hypochondrium pain, diarrhea with pain, mouth and tongue sore, red eye and swelling pain, retention of urine.
Liquorice Root

Liquorice Root

Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma
Functions：Supplements the spleen, boosts qi, clears heat, resolves toxin, dispels phlegm, relieves cough, relaxes tension, relieves pain, harmonizes the nature of other medicinals.
Wild Mint Herb

Wild Mint Herb

Menthae Haplocalycis Herba
Functions：Disperses wind-heat clears the head and eyes, benefits the throat, vents rashes, courses the liver and resolves constraint. Apply to wind-heat cold, headache, throat pain, mouth and tongue sore, rubella, measles, chest and abdominal constraint, anti-early pregnancy. Disperses inflammation and stops pain.
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