Perilla Seed and Mulberry Bark Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears the lungs and resolves phlegm. Suitable for chronic pulmonary heart disease of the “phlegm-heat concealed in the lungs” pattern, characterized by coughing and wheezing, inability to lie flat, yellow or viscous phlegm that is difficult to expectorate, or fever, dry mouth, dry stools, a yellow or greasy yellow tongue coating, and a slippery, rapid pulse.
Perilla Seed and Mulberry Bark Decoction
Herbal Tea Name: Perilla Seed and Mulberry Bark Decoction
Chinese Name: 草苏子桑皮饮
Formula
10 grams of Perilla seeds, 20 grams of mulberry bark, and 20 grams of white sugar.Main Ingredients
How To Make
Wash and slice the white mulberry bark, then place it in a clay pot with the Perilla frutescens seeds. Add water and simmer for 30 minutes. Strain out the solids, collect the liquid, and stir in the white sugar to complete.
Efficacy
Clears the lungs and resolves phlegm. Suitable for chronic pulmonary heart disease of the “phlegm-heat concealed in the lungs” pattern, characterized by coughing and wheezing, inability to lie flat, yellow or viscous phlegm that is difficult to expectorate, or fever, dry mouth, dry stools, a yellow or greasy yellow tongue coating, and a slippery, rapid pulse.
Usage
Take one dose in the morning and one in the evening.
Commentary
Perilla seeds (Zi-su-zi) assume the leading (chief) role; warm and pungent in character, its action follows the Lung, Large Intestine meridians, working chiefly to descend qi, resolve phlegm, relieve cough and wheezing, moisten the intestines. Mulberry bark (Sang-bai-pi) stands in the deputy (minister) seat, sweet-cold in property, acting through the Lung meridians to purge lung heat, relieve wheezing and reduce edema. Finally, white sugar (Bai-tang) acts as the coordinating (envoy) herb; its role is to moisten and harmonize the formula and coordinate the herbs. In sum, the prescription clear the lungs and resolve phlegm, aimed squarely at the phlegm-heat and phlegm pattern rather than at isolated symptoms.