Chinese Bulk Herbs – Mulberry Leaf (Sang Ye)

Mulberry leaf is used to clear the lungs and stop bleeding. It works well for someone who is vomiting blood. It also works on sore throat, cough, and dry mouth.

Mulberry Leaf is also notably used to nourish and feed the popular silkworm, which lives its life around this helpful tree. Because of this, mulberry trees are quite popular in China.

For it has a mild action of dispersing the exterior pathogens, it is often used together with Bo He to dispel wind-heat for a strengthened action.
Being bitter and cold to clear lung-heat, sweet and cold to cool and moisten the lung, it is indicated for lung-heat or dryness-heat hurting the lung, manifested as cough with little yellow and sticky phlegm, or dry cough with no sputum.
Being able to remove liver-heat and moisten the yin to improve eyesight, it is often used together with Ju Hua, Xia Ku Cao which can remove liver heat and improve eyesight for liver-fire flaming up leading to blood-shot, painful eyes with profuse tears.

Clinical Use (Chinese):
Expel wind, clear lung heat, fever, headache, sore throat, cough, dry mouth.

Latin Name:
Morus alba

Chinese Name:
Sang Ye

Common Names:
White mulberry, common mulberry and silkworm mulberry

Parts Used:
Leaves / Foliage

Properties:
Mulberry leaf has sweet, bitter and cold

Cautions:
None at this time.

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