Mulberry

Mulberry

(Tang materia medica)

[synonyms] mulberry (Erya), Sangshi (Shuowen), Wushen (Bencao Yanyi), wenwushi (Suwen pathogenesis baomingji), heishen (Bencao Mengyao), Sangzao (raw herbal medicine preparation), mulberry (Bencao Renxin), mulberry (Jiangsu Zhiyao), mulberry (northeast Zhiyao), mulberry (Sichuan Zhongyao).

[source] it is the ear of Morus alba. See "mulberry leaf" for plant morphology.

[collection] from April to June, when the mulberry is red and purple, it should be harvested and dried in the sun or slightly steamed.

[medicinal material] the dried ear is oblong, 1-2 cm long and 6-10 mm in diameter. Base stipitate, 1-1.5 cm long. The surface is purplish red or purple black. The ear is composed of 30-60 achenes, which are ovoid, slightly flat, 2-5mm long, with 4 membranous bracts. The endosperm is white. It is oily and rich in sugar. The taste is sour and sweet. It is better to be big, thick, purplish red and sugary.

It is produced in most parts of the country. It is mainly produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Sichuan, Hebei and other places.

[chemical composition] it contains sugar, mixed acid, malic acid, vitamin B1, B2, C and carotene. The fatty acids of mulberry oil are mainly composed of linoleic acid, stearic acid and oleic acid.

[processing] wash with water, remove impurities, remove long stalks and dry in the sun.

Sweet and cold.

① Tang materia medica: "it tastes sweet, cold and nontoxic. "

② Ben Cao Yan Yi: "Wei Liang. "

③ "Diannan Materia Medica": sweet and sour. "

[Guijing] into the liver and kidney channels.

① Ben Cao Cong Xin: "into the kidney. "

② Summary of materia medica: "entering foot Jueyin and Shaoyin meridians. "

Functions and indications: tonifying liver, tonifying kidney, calming wind and nourishing liquid. Treatment of liver and kidney yin deficiency, thirst, constipation, dark eyes, tinnitus, rash, joint adverse.

① "Tang Materia Medica": "eating alone is the main way to quench thirst. "

② In the collection of materia medica: "it can benefit the joints of the five zang organs, activate the blood and Qi, pound the powder, and make the honey as the pill. "

③ Ben Cao Yan Yi: "to treat heat and thirst, to generate spirit, and small intestine heat. "

④ "Diannan Materia Medica": "it can benefit the kidney and strengthen the essence, and it can improve the eyesight by taking black hair for a long time. "

⑤ "Compendium": "mash juice drink, detoxify alcohol poisoning, wine making clothes, benefit water and gas, detumescence. "

⑥ "Yuluoyaojie": it is used to treat lein, lein and alopecia. "

⑦ "Seeking truth from Materia Medica": "remove heat, nourish yin and stop diarrhea. "

⑧ "Suixiju diet spectrum": "nourishing liver and kidney, filling blood, dispelling wind and dampness, invigorating gait, relieving deficiency wind and clearing deficiency fire. "

⑨ Modern practical Chinese medicine: "cool cough. "

⑩ "Experience identification method of traditional Chinese medicine shape and sex": "tocolysis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; boil cream, eat raw or soak wine. External use: soak and wash.

[taboo] herbal classic: "don't take it if the spleen and stomach are deficient and cold. "

[prescription selection] ① for heart and kidney weakness, insomnia, or habitual constipation: one to two pairs of fresh mulberry, decocted with appropriate amount of water. (Minnan folk herbal medicine)

② Treatment: Wenwu solid, black ripe two Dou Xu, to bag juice, boil into thin cream, white soup point a spoonful, three times a day. (Wen Wu Gao in Su Wen Bing Ji Bao Ming Ji)

③ Treatment of Yin abdominal pain: mulberry, silk bag air dried, dog days for the end. Take three yuan per serving, drink hot and sweat. (Paihu Ji Jian Fang)

[famous scholar's discussion] 1. In the classic of materia medica: "mulberry, which is sweet and cold, can benefit blood and remove heat, is a medicine for cooling blood, nourishing blood and benefiting Yin. It can quench thirst due to internal heat and lack of body fluid. All the five zang organs belong to Yin, which is beneficial to Yin. If the Yin is insufficient, the blood and Qi of the joints will not be blocked. If the blood is full of body fluid, and the Yin Qi is abundant, the blood and Qi will not be hungry. If the heat subsides and Yin grows, the liver and heart will have no fire. Therefore, the soul will be tranquil and the spirit will be tranquil. If the spirit is clear, the mind will be intelligent and internal. If the Yin returns, it will become white and not old. Sweet cold in addition to heat, so the solution of wine poison. Cold and downward water, so water gas and detumescence. "

② According to the book of Materia Medica, "Wushen is beneficial to Yin Qi and Yin blood. Blood is transformed by water. Therefore, it is beneficial to Yin blood by flowing water. Wind and blood are in the same viscera, and Yin blood is beneficial to wind. "

③ Ben Jing Feng ou: "in Ben Jing, mulberry root and white skin are the masters of mulberry, but Zong shuangyun's Ben Jing talks about mulberry in detail, leaving its fruit alone. That is to say, the knowledge near the lake has not been observed yet, but it is mistakenly listed under the root skin because of its merits, so it is rarely used in the world, but it is used in Wanshou liquor. "

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