Sang Ye - 桑叶 - Folium Mori - Mulberry Leaf
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Folium Mori |
| Common English: | White Mulberry Leaf |
Category
Herbs that Release the Exterior: Cool Acrid Herbs that Release the Exterior (Wind-Heat Diaphoretics)Properties
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
| Sweet Bitter | Cold (Slightly Cool) | Lung Liver | 4.5-14g To cool blood Heat: (15-30g) Maximum dosage: 30g Tincture: 2-5ml 4.5-9g (Secondary source) |
Actions And Indications
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Disperses and scatters Wind-Heat | Wind-Heat with fever, headache, sore throat and cough |
Calms the Liver and clears the eyes | Liver channel eye problems due to Wind-Heat or Yin Deficiency Vertigo due to Liver Yang Rising with red,sore, dry or painful eyes or spots in front of the eyes |
Clears Heat from the Lungs, stops coughing and moistens Dryness | Lung Heat with thick, yellow Phlegm Lung Dryness with cough and a dry mouth |
Cools the Blood and stops bleeding | Mild cases of hematemesis due to Blood Heat |
Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions
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Major Combinations
| Flos Chrysanthemi | Flos Chrysanthemi | Flos Chrysanthemi |
Eye redness, Fever, Headache, Sore throat and pain, Swelling, Wind-Heat induced cough. Cools and calms the Liver, for Liver channel Wind-Heat or Liver blazing upward with red, swollen eyes, watery eyes that are sensitive to light. Vertigo and dizziness from Liver Yang Rising. | Wind-Heat cough. | Cough. |
| Flos Chrysanthemi | Flos Chrysanthemi Or Flos Chrysanthemi | Flos Chrysanthemi |
Redness, swelling and pain of the eyes due to Liver Fire. | Dizziness and vertigo due to Liver Yang Rising. | Cramps, twitching and spasms due to Liver Wind. |
| Sm. Sesame Nigrum | Sm. Armeniacae Or Sm. Armeniacae | Gypsum |
Dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus, and headache due to Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiencies with ascendant Yang. Numbness, flank pain, and constipation due to Blood or Yin Deficiency. | Cough due to Warm Dryness attacking the Exterior with fever, headache and scanty, thick sticky sputum. | Warm Dryness attacking the Lung with fever, a hacking cough and a dry, parched throat. |
Sm. Cassia | Sm. Sesame Nigrum | Sm. Armeniacae |
Conjunctivitis due to Wind-Heat or Wind-Heat in the Liver Channel or Liver Fire. | Blurred vision due to Yin Deficiency. Prepare as boluses with honey. | Headache, fever, and dry non-productive cough from External Warm-Dryness disorders. |
Rx. Rehmanniae | Periostracum Cicadae | Hb. Cirsii |
Coughing with Blood. | Itching and redness of the eyes. | Hematemesis. |
Notes
- For eye problems, this herb can be used as an external wash.
- It can be given by injection as a substitute for antibiotics.
- In the central coastal areas of China, it is used to stop vaginal bleeding.
- For night sweats, green Mulberry second-growth leaves that are dried, powdered, mixed with thin rice water and taken on an empty Stomach are exceptional.
- For Wind Bi, second-growth leaves gathered after the frost, boiled into a soup and used as a wash for the hands and feet are especially effective.
- Decocting the juice and drinking it as a tea can stop wasting and thirsting.
- Sang Ye and Ram. Mori Sang Zhi both come from the mulberry. Sang Ye is best at dispelling Wind from the exterior, with a focus on the head and face, whereas Sang Zhi cools Heat, expels Wind, opens the collaterals and relieves pain. Sang Zhi tends to travel to the limbs and is ideal for cooling wind-Heat in the joints.
- Honey-prepared Mulberry Leaves Mi Zhi Sang Ye keep their ability to dredge wind and clear Heat, and their moistening action is strengthened so that they moisten Dryness and nourish the Lungs in treating Warm-Dryness Attacking the Lungs.
From Class
- Heat-clearing yet moistening herbs: Ju Hua, Sang Ye, Bo He, Sheng Di, Zhi Mu, Lu Gen: Heat-clearing yet moistening herbs reverse the heat→dryness→phlegm→wind progression in neurology; Ju Hua and Sang Ye also clear external wind and go to the eyes. (Shea)