Herbs that Relieve Cough and Asthma: Sang Bai Pi

桑白皮
Sang Bai Pi = Mulberry White Bark

For the "Big Hot Cough"

Diuretic (Pi = Pee)

Lung only
Sweet
COLD

Drains lungs & fluids (treats edema)
CI: Cough from lung cold

* Cough and wheezing with yellow sputum (the "Big Hot Cough")


* Sang Bai Pi relieves edema - especially around the eyes


* Sang Bai Pi makes you pee.


Lung is metal. When it is in excess, it requires draining of the child, water. This doesn't exactly make sense to me, except that maybe the overflow of metal onto water blocks the water from draining?

And finally, Sang Bai Pi provides relief from hypertension, or Liver Yang Rising, depending on which language you are speaking.