Sang Bai Pi
Mori Cortex
sweet, cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Regulate Qi
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Cough
- Wheeze
- Edema
- Fever
- Thirst
- Difficult urination
- Floating pulse
- Hypertension
Sang Bai Pi is sweet and cold. It enters the lung system only. Sang Bai Pi treats cough especially when it is due to lung heat patterns.
It can also treat both facial edema and floating edema.
Channels: lung
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Gastrointestinal disorders
- Swelling in the legs
- Edema in the abdomen
- Vomiting
- Asthma
Formulas:
- Bu Fei Tang
- Ding Chuan Tang
- Jiu Xian San
- Ma Huang Lian Qiao Chi Xiao Dou Tang
- Qing Fei Tang
- Ren Shen Bu Fei Tang
- Ren Shen Ge Jie San
- Wu Pi San
- Xie Bai San
Contraindications: do not prescribe Sang Bai Pi to patients with cough when it is due to lung cold patterns
Zoo Image: a puffin on a yellow toilet with a swollen puffy face and tension in its head is grabbed by a sink with cough and wheeze arms