The cool white root bark that purges Lung heat, stops wheezing, and gently drains water accumulation.
White Mulberry Root Bark (桑白皮, Sāng Bái Pí) is the dried root bark of Morus alba, the white mulberry tree cultivated extensively throughout China. Only the inner white bark is used medicinally — the outer brown cork layer is removed before drying. With a sweet, cold nature, Sāng Bái Pí enters the Lung channel to clear heat, descend Lung Qi, stop cough and wheezing, and promote urination to drain fluid retention from the Lungs.
Sāng Bái Pí's primary clinical role is the treatment of Lung heat patterns — cough with yellow phlegm, wheezing, and chest fullness. Its cooling, descending action is highly effective for heat-type asthma and productive cough. Additionally, it has a diuretic function that makes it useful for oedema and water accumulation, particularly when related to Lung dysfunction in distributing body fluids. The entire mulberry tree — leaves, fruit, branches, and root bark — is used medicinally, making Morus alba one of the most fully utilised plants in TCM.
White mulberry root bark has been used in Chinese medicine for over two thousand years, with the entire mulberry tree (Sāng) forming one of the most therapeutically rich single-plant families in the Chinese materia medica.
Clears Lung heat and descends Lung Qi to treat productive cough with yellow-green phlegm, wheezing, and chest tightness.
A core ingredient in Xiè Bái Sǎn for Lung heat wheezing, reducing airway inflammation and restoring smooth respiratory Qi flow.
Promotes urination and assists the Lung in distributing body fluids, helping reduce oedema and puffiness from Lung dysfunction.
Its cooling and descending action has led to use in formulas targeting Liver-Lung heat patterns contributing to elevated blood pressure.
Traditional use for upper-burner thirst and heat associated with Xiao Ke (wasting and thirsting) disease, an early concept related to diabetes.
Historically used to cool the blood and stop bleeding when Lung heat forces Blood to move recklessly, causing haemoptysis.
White Mulberry Root Bark is a key ingredient in these Food Art no-cook herbal soups, thoughtfully formulated to deliver its nourishing benefits in a convenient, ready-to-brew format.
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