Sang Ye
| Sang Ye in TCM:Explore the properties of Sang Ye according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: Mulberry Leaf
Pharmacuetical Name: Folium Mori
Properties: bitter, sweet, cold
Temperature: cold
Channels: LU, LV
Flavors: sweet, bitter
Special Properties:
circulates blood, clears heat, disperses wind, stops bleeding, resolves dryness
Actions / Indications:
- Dispels Wind Heat (W/H with fever and cough, headache, sore throat)
- Clears Heat from LU; Moistens Dryness (LU and throat
dryness with cough, coughing blood)
- Subdues LV Yang, Clears LV and brightens eyes (headache;
dizziness; blurry vision d/t LYR or Liver Fire)
- Cools blood, stop bleeding (for mild cases of hematemesis
or epistaxis due to blood heat)
- (note: can use as an external wash for eye problems)
Special Notes:
- Often paired with Ju Hua to treat wind heat
with cough.
- One text Sang Ye stimulates hair growth.
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