Diaphoretic Prescriptions Composed of Drugs Pungent in Flavor and Cold in Nature
Sang Ju Yin
Name
Decoction of Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum
The Prescription of Sang Ju Yin
Source
The book Wen Bing Tiao Bian
Ingredients
Sang Ye (Folium Mori) 7.5 g,Ju Hua (Flos Chrysanthemi) 3 g,Xing Ren (Serwn Armeniacae Amarum) 6 g,Lian Qiao (Fructus Forsythiae) 5 g,Bo He (Herba Menthae) 2.5 g,Jie Geng (Radix Platycodi) 6 g,Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) 2.5 g,Wei Gen (Rhizoma Phragmitis) 6 g.Explanation
Sang Ye: The principal drug, being sweet and bitter in flavor and cold in nature, clearing away heat from the lung-collaterals.
Ju Hua: The other principal drug, being pungent sweet and bitter in flavor and slightly cold in nature, dispelling wind-heat from the upper-Jiao.
Bo He: Aiding in dispelling wind-heat from the upper-Jiao.
Jie Geng and Xing Ren: Promoting the dispersing function of the lung to arrest cough with one ascending and the other descending the lung-Qi.
Lian Qiao: Expelling heat from above the diaphragm.
Wei Gen: Clearing away heat, promoting the production of body fluids, relieving thirst.
Gan Cao: Tempering the actions of all the other ingredients
The Effect of Sang Ju Yin
Effect
Dispelling wind, removing heat, promoting the dispersing function of the lung to arrest cough.
Indications
Wind-warm syndrome in the initial stage, marked by cough, low fever and mild thirst; including such diaeases with the above symptoms as influenza, acute bronchitis, acute tonsillitis, epidemic conjunctivitis, etc.
Administrations
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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