Sang Bai Pi (桑白皮) is the root bark of the white mulberry, recorded as Cortex Mori. It is sweet in flavour and cold in temperature, entering the Lung channel alone.

Pinyin

sang bai pi

Chinese

桑白皮

Latin Name

Cortex Mori

English Name

Mulberry Root Bark·white mulberry root-bark

Japanese

sohakuhi

Korean

sangbaekpi

Actions and indications

Drains Lung Heat, stops cough and calms wheezing

Lung Heat with cough, wheezing, fullness of the chest or coughing of blood

Promotes urination and reduces edema

Lung Heat blocking the Lungs' descending function, so that water stops moving and sweating ceases: puffy face and arms, edema of the floating type, fever, thirst, difficult urination and a floating pulse
Edema of the whole body, or water collecting in the Lungs

Lowers blood pressure

Hypertension

Combinations

di gu pi + gan cao

Phlegm-Heat obstructing the Lungs: cough with thick sputum, fever, thirst and irritability

zhi fu zi

Kidney Yang Deficiency with edema, cough and wheezing

da fu pi + fu ling pi

Difficult urination with superficial edema

ting li zi

Puffy face and eyes with difficult urination. Wheezing where water and thin mucus are held in the Lungs

huang qin + jue ming zi + xia ku cao

Liver Yang rising with hypertension

huang qin

Stops cough and wheezing by draining Lung Heat

ju hua + bai bian dou

Nasal obstruction from Phlegm-Heat

Age

Raw

Granule

Tincture

Concentrate

Frequency

Any 6-18g; Tincture: 2-4ml

6-18 g

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2-4 ml

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Cautions

contraindication Cough or wheezing from Wind-Cold invading the Lungs, or any cough of Cold origin

contraindication Cough accompanied by copious urination

contraindication Cough from deficient Lungs

caution Cold without Heat signs: use with care, and consider the honey-fried form, which tempers its coldness

caution Do not keep it in an iron container

Prepared forms (1)

sang bai pi Mi Zhi

桑白皮·Cortex Mori

Sang Bai Pi (Mi Zhi) (桑白皮) is sang bai pi processed with honey, the root bark of the mulberry, recorded as Cortex Mori. Beyond the names the record is empty: no category, no channels, no actions.

The catalogue records no separate actions, dose or cautions for this preparation. Unless noted above it follows sang bai pi.

sang bai pi

About sang bai pi

Names

Classification

Actions and indications

Drains Lung Heat, stops cough and calms wheezing

Promotes urination and reduces edema

Lowers blood pressure

Combinations

Dosage

Cautions

Prepared forms (1)

sang bai pi Mi Zhi

About sang bai pi

Names

Classification

Actions and indications

Drains Lung Heat, stops cough and calms wheezing

Promotes urination and reduces edema

Lowers blood pressure

Combinations

Dosage

Cautions

Prepared forms (1)

sang bai pi Mi Zhi

Related

Prepared forms

Used in 12 formulas