WH Acupuncture & Herbs Centre

 It is the dried root bark of Morus alba L.,family oraceae. The roots are dug and collected between late autumn when the leaves begin to fall and next spring before they sprout. They are cut open vertically after the yellow-brown coarse barks are scraped away, and the barks are peeled off and collected to be dried in the sun. They are cut into tiny slices to be used in raw form or after stir-baked with honey.

[ Medicinal Properties]: Sweet and cold; relate to lung meridian.

[ Medicinal Efficacies ]: Purge lung to relieve dyspnea; induce diuresis to alleviate edema.

[ Clinical Applications ]: 1. Lung heat causing cough and dyspnea     It is combined with Digupi and Gancao, such as Xiebai Powder.

2. Excess syndrome of fluid retention manifested as edema, difficult urination       It is usually combinted with Dafupi, FUlingpi and Shengjiangpi in Wupi Powder.

In addition, it can also clear liver and stop bleeding, so it is effective for exuberance of liver yang and liver fire manifested as hypertension, epistaxis and hemoptysis.

[ Usage and Dosage ]: 6-12g. The raw are used to purge lung, induce diuresis, clear fire and pacify liver. The stir-baked with honey are used to treat lung deficiency causing cough.

桑白皮为桑科植物桑Morus alba L．的根皮。全国大部分地区均产，主产于安徽、河南、浙江、江苏、湖南等地。秋末叶落时至次春发芽前挖根，刮去黄棕色粗皮，剥取根皮，晒干，切丝生用，或蜜炙用。