Sang Bai Pi
| Sang Bai Pi in TCM:Explore the properties of Sang Bai Pi according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: mulberry bark, white mulberry root bark
Pharmacuetical Name: Cortex Mori
Properties: sweet, cold
Temperature: cold
Channels: LU, SP
Flavors: sweet
Alternate Forms:
- sheng: Lu or edema
- mi zhi: Lu deficiency cough
Actions / Indications:
- Clears LU heat; relieves cough and wheeze (very effective
for panting, drains LU qi, cough and wheeze due to lung heat; also for
other types in combination with other herbs)
- Promotes urination; reduces edema (dysuria, dyspnea,
floating edema, facial edema, swelling of extremities; difficulty breathing,
urination difficulty due to LU qi obstruction)
- (cc: excessive urination)
- (cc: wind-cold cough)
- (note: modern use for hypertension)
Special Notes:
- Sang Bai Pi has been shown in one study to provide good symptomatic relief from esophogeal and stomach cancers.
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