Cool, Spicy Herbs that Release the Exterior
Sang Ye 桑叶
Folium Mori Albae White Mulberry Leaf
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Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Cold
- Nature & Flavour
- Sweet, Bitter, Cold
- Channels Entered
- LIV, LU
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Folium Mori Albae
- Chinese
- 桑叶
- Tone Marks
- sāng yè
Chinese Herb Actions
- Disperses Wind and Heat Used when Wind-Heat affects the Lungs, causing either a dry cough or expectoration of thick, yellow sputum. Also for headache, sore throat, and fever.
- Clears Heat in the Liver Channel For eye problems from heat in the Liver Channel or Liver Yin Deficiency.
- Cools Blood and Stops Bleeding For mild cases of vomiting with Blood.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 4.5-15 grams. Use as an external wash for eye problems.
- Part used: leaf.
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Caution in cases of cold in the lungs, or lung qi Deficiency.
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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