| The summary of the clinical experience on Folium Mori by modern and famous TCM doctors led to findings that: The clinical dose range of Folium Mori is between 3 to 60 g. Generally speaking, small doses (3 to 15 g) are used for scattering wind and dispersing heat in treating fever, cough, sore throat and other pulmonary diseases (upper jiao disease), while large doses (15~60 g) are used for calming the liver, arresting sweating and lowering blood glucose in treating middle and lower jiao diseases such as qi uprush of liver, hyperhidrosis and hyperglycemia. Individual cases vary depending on the experience of the doctors; In addition to dispersing the wind-heat, clearing the lung and moistening the dryness, clearing the liver and improving vision, Folium Mori can also cool the blood, arrest sweating and stop profuse uterine bleeding. It can be used in the treatment of various diseases such as cough, fever, sore throat, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, uterine bleeding and spotting, diabetes, obesity, conjunctivitis, trigeminal neuralgia and herpes zoster, etc. And when treating different diseases, the drug combinations and the dosage are different; Acrid-cool and light medicinals like Fructus Forsythiae, Herba Menthae, Flos Chrysanthemi, Radix Puerariae Lobatae could be chosen to combine with Folium Mori when treating lung and facial organ diseases. Medicinals with yin-nourishing and wind-distinguishing functions, such as Flos Chrysanthemi, Rhizoma Gastrodiae, Fructus Ligustri Lucidi, Herba Ecliptae, are more likely to be selected for combination when treating liver-related diseases. For hypoglycemic use, bitter-cold medicinals are more compatible, such as Rhizoma Coptidis, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, and Radix Paeoniae Rubra; and when used as an antiperspirant, medicinals like Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis, Radix Astragali, Radix Ophiopogonisare more frequently combined with, which can consolidate the exterior and arrest sweating. |
