Mulberry Bark and Dried Tangerine Peel Decoction

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Mulberry Bark and Dried Tangerine Peel Decoction

Chinese Name: 桑白皮陈皮饮

Formula

15 grams of mulberry bark, 10 grams of dried tangerine peel, and an appropriate amount of white sugar.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Wash the mulberry bark and dried tangerine peel, place them in a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Strain the liquid, stir in white sugar, and it is ready.

Efficacy

Clears lung heat, relieves wheezing, stops vomiting, and resolves phlegm. Suitable for acute gastritis.

Usage

Consume in divided doses at breakfast and dinner.

Commentary

Mulberry bark (Sang-bai-pi) holds the chief position in this formula. Sweet-cold in property, it travels through the Lung meridians, and works to purge lung heat, relieve wheezing and reduce edema. Dried tangerine peel (Chen-pi) acts as the deputy ingredient, pungent, bitter-warm in property, acting through the Spleen, Lung meridians to regulate qi, strengthen the spleen, dry dampness and dissolve phlegm. An appropriate amount of white sugar complements it, working to moisten and harmonize the formula. No dedicated envoy herb appears in this recipe, the actions being balanced among the active ingredients themselves. In sum, the prescription clear lung heat, relieve wheezing, stop vomiting, resolve phlegm, aimed squarely at the acute gastritis pattern rather than at isolated symptoms.

Mulberry Bark and Dried Tangerine Peel Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears lung heat, relieves wheezing, stops vomiting, and resolves phlegm. Suitable for acute gastritis.

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