Sang Ye

Cool, Pungent Herbs that Release the Exterior 

Channels: LIV, LU

Properties: Sweet, Bitter, Cold

Common: White Mulberry Leaf

Latin: Folium Mon Albi

Actions:

• Disperses wind and heat: used when wind-heat affects the lungs, causing either a dry cough or expectoration of thick, yellow sputum. Also for headache, sore throat, and fever.
• Clears heat in the liver channel: for eye problems from heat in the liver channel or liver yin deficiency.
• Cools blood and stops bleeding: for mild cases of vomiting with blood.

Contraindications:

• Caution in cases of cold in the lungs, or lung qi Deficiency.

Dosage:

• 4.5-15g. Use as an external wash for eye problems. Part used = leaf.