Sang Ye (White Mulberry Leaf)

Submitted by yyh_staff on Mon, 2008-06-09 12:21.
Chinese Name: 
Sang Ye
English Name: 
White Mulberry Leaf
Functions and Usage: 
  • Expels wind, clears lung heat - wind-heat with fever, headache, sore throat; also for lung dryness causing dry mouth, dry cough, lung heat with thick and yellow sputum.
  • Cools liver and clears the eyes - liver channel eye problems due to wind-heat or yin deficiency, red, sore, dry or painful eyes, floaters.
  • Cools the blood and stops bleeding - mild cases of vomiting blood due to heat in the blood.
Functional Groupings (Click for Summary/Study Notes): 
Dosage and Preparation Notes: 
  • Dosage: 4.5-15g
Channels Influenced: 
Temperature and Taste Properties: 
Contraindications: 
There are currently no contraindications listed.
Notes: 
  • Not so strong for releasing the exterior, but becomes a good choice when the patient has lung and liver heat symptoms.
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