INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Folium Mori |
| Common English: | White Mulberry Leaf |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Flos Chrysanthemi |
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Wind-Heat induced cough, eye redness, swelling, fever, headache, sore throat and pain. 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. |
- This herb can be used as an external wash for eye problems.
- It can be injected and used in place of antibiotics.
- It is used in the central coastal areas of China to stop vaginal bleeding.
- Green Mulberry second-growth leaves dried and powdered, mixed with thin rice water and taken on an empty Stomach is exceptional for night sweats.
- Second-growth leaves picked after the frost frost, boiled into a soup and used as awash for the hands and feet are particularly effective for Wind Bi.
- If the juice is decocted and used as a tea, it can stop wasting and thirsting.
- Both Sang Ye and Ram. Mori Sang Zhi originate from the mulberry but Sang Ye is best for dispelling Wind from the exterior, focusing on the head and face, while Sang Zhi cools Heat, expels Wind, opens the collaterals and relieves pain. It tends to move into the limbs and is ideal for cooling wind-Heat in the joints.
- Honey-prepared Mulberry Leaves Mi Zhi Sang Ye retain the ability to dredge wind and clear Heat. Their moistening ability is enhanced to moisten Dryness and nourish the Lungs to treat Warm-Dryness Attacking the Lungs.