[Name of drug] | Mulberry wine | [Chinese Pinyin] | sang shen jiu | [Latin plant animal mineral name] | Morus alba L. |
[Channel tropism] | Liver; Kidney Meridian | [Efficacy] | Tonifying liver and kidney | [Textual Research] | Compendium of Materia Medica |
[Family and Genus Classification] | Moriaceae | 【 Indications 】 | Edema due to kidney deficiency; Tinnitus and deafness | [Ecological environment] | Born in hills and hillsides, mostly cultivated artificially. |
[Harvesting and storage] | From April to June, pick red mulberry, and add medicinal koji to make wine as usual. | Resource Distribution | It is distributed all over the country. |
[Animal and plant morphology] | Deciduous shrubs or small trees, 3-15m high. The bark is grayish white, with stripe lobed; The root bark is yellowish brown or reddish yellow with strong fiber. Single leaf alternate; Petiole length: 1-2.5cm; The leaf blade is ovate or broadly ovate, 5-20cm long and 4-10cm wide, with acute or acuminate apex, round or subcordial base, coarse serrations or round teeth on the edge, sometimes irregular split, hairless and shiny on the top, short hairs on the lower veins, hairs between the axils, three basal veins interwoven with the fine veins to form a network, and the back is more obvious; Stipules lanceolate, caducous. Flowers unisexual, dioecious; Female and male inflorescences are arranged into spike like catkin, axillary; Female inflorescence is 1-2cm long, hairy, and the total pedicel length is 5-10mm; Male inflorescences are 1-2.5cm long, pendulous, slightly hairy; Male flowers with perianth segments 4, stamens 4, sterile pistil in the center; Female flowers with 4 perianth segments, base connate, stigma 2-lobed. Achenes, mostly concentrated into an ovoid or oblong aggregate fruit, with a length of 1-2.5cm, are initially green, and become fleshy, black purple or red after maturity. The seed is small. Flowering from April to May, fruiting from May to June. |
[Nature and taste] | Gan; Frigid nature | [Usage and dosage] | Internal use: 5-10ml. | [Source] | |