Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Donguibogam · Sogal

Mulberry Root Bark Decoction

Sangbaekpi-tang

한글 상백피탕 · Pinyin Sang Bai Pi Tang

桑白皮湯

Composition 構成

Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

8 g
Chief 君 young root (嫩根)
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

4 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Deputy 臣
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

4 g
Deputy 臣
Galgeun Ge Gen
葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root

4 g
Assistant 佐
Sanyak Shan Yao
山藥 산약 · Chinese Yam

4 g
Assistant 佐
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 34 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Received this formula from your practitioner? Amounts shown here are classical reference values — granule and prepared products differ. Always follow your prescribed dosage and directions.

Actions 效能

Clears the Lung and disinhibits water to relieve the three wastings
Boosts Qi and engenders fluids with gentle warmth

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

The three wastings (三消) generally
Lung heat with thirst and copious or frequent urination
Thirst in patients needing supplementation alongside clearing

Biomedical correlates

Polydipsia and polyuria in diabetes
Thirst with cough or lung heat signs
Mixed depletion-heat presentations

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治三消. 桑白皮(嫩根不老者) 二錢, 白茯苓ㆍ人參ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ葛根ㆍ山藥ㆍ桂皮各一錢, 甘草五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服.

Translation

Treats the three wastings. Mulberry root bark (young root, not aged) 2 don; white poria, ginseng, ophiopogon, kudzu root, dioscorea, and cinnamon bark, 1 don each; licorice 0.5 don. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in water and take. (Donguibogam · Sogal)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The odd cinnamon in a thirst formula is the tell — this one steams the fluids upward rather than only pouring them in, the cauldron-and-board doctrine in decoction form. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.