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补阴药 · Yin-nourishing

Mulberry Fruit sāng shèn · 桑椹

Morus alba L. (fruit)

Nature and flavour. Sweet and sour, cold; Heart, Liver and Kidney systems.

Classed as nourishing Yin and supplementing blood, and as generating fluid and moistening dryness. In the classical framework it is used where Yin and blood are depleted — dizziness, tinnitus, early greying — and where fluid has dried up, with thirst and constipation. It is also a food, fresh and dried, and that is how most people meet it.

性味归经。甘、酸，寒；归心、肝、肾经。

归类为滋阴补血、生津润燥。传统用于阴血亏虚所致的眩晕耳鸣、须发早白，以及津液耗伤所致的口渴与肠燥便秘。它同时是鲜食与干制的食材，多数人是这样认识它的。

Classical category · no formulas, no dosages, no herb-drug combinations are given.
Safety. Cold in nature, so the tradition cautions against it where the Spleen and Stomach are cold with loose stool. Unripe fruit and large amounts of the fresh fruit have both been described as causing digestive upset. It is a fruit with a high natural sugar content when dried. Human safety data in pregnancy are insufficient beyond ordinary food amounts.

性寒，传统指出脾胃虚寒、大便溏泻者不宜。未成熟果实以及大量食用鲜果，均有引起胃肠不适的记载。干制品含糖量高。妊娠期超出日常食用量以外的人体安全性数据不足。

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