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Mulberry
Bark (sang bai pi)
Cortex
Mori Radicis
Properties:
It is sweet in flavour and cold in nature. It is tropistic
to the lung channel. Its sweetness and coldness are good
at clearing and sending down rebellious Qi. It acts solely
in the lung channel. It can purge lung-heat, send down
adverse lung-qi, relieve cough and asthma, thus it is
indicated in accumulation of lung-fire, cough and asthma
by rebellious Qi. It is able to purge lung-heat, send down
adverse Qi, and to promote diuresis, eliminate edema to
cure patients with edema and dysuria.
Effects:
Purging lung-heat to relieve asthma, diuresis to eliminate
edema.
Indications:
1. For treatment of cough with abundant
expectoration, chest congestion and shortness of breath
due to accumulation of lung-fire, abnormal rising of the
lung-qi, it is commonly used together with Cortex Lycii
Radicis, Radix Glycyrrhizae, polished round-grained
nonglutinous rice for purging heat, sending down
abnormally ascending Qi, relieving cough and asthma, such
as Xie Bai San.
2. For treatment of retention of
dampness due to insufficiency of the spleen, facial edema,
dysuria, asthma due to reversed flow of Qi, it is usually
used together with Pericarpium Arecae. Pericarpium Citrl
Reticulatae, Poria peel, and other diuretics and
edema-eliminating herbs, such as Wupi Yin.
Dosage and Administration:
10-15g.
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