Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕	Fructus Mori
Botanical name: 學名﹕	Morus australis Poir., Morus alba L Morus multicaulis, Morus bombycis
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕	sojin
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕	sangsim
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕	song1 sam6
Other Names: 別名﹕	wu shen 烏椹、sang zao 桑棗、sang guo 桑果，sang pao 桑泡
Common Name: 英文名﹕	mulberry, morus fruit
Distribution: 產地﹕
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕	sweet, sour, cold. 甘、酸，寒。
Channels (meridians) entered:   歸經﹕	heart, liver, kidney. 心 ﹐ 肝 ﹐ 腎 。
Medical functions: 藥理﹕
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕	tonic for blood and yin. For treatment of vertigo, tinnitus, insomnia with palpitation, weak digestion, premature white hair, thirst, diabetes with heat, diarrhea with blood deficient. 補 血滋陰 ，生津潤 燥。用于眩暈 耳 鳴 ，心悸失眠，消化不良﹐須 髮 早白，津傷 口渴，内熱 消渴，血虚便秘。
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕	carotene, thiamine, ribflavin, vitamin C, tannin, linoleic acid, stearic acid. 胡蘿蔔素, 維 生 素 B1 (硫胺素), 維 生 素 B2, 維 生 素  C,  鞣 酸 ﹐ 亞麻油酸﹐ 硬脂酸
Dosage: 用量﹕	9～20 g. Concentrated extract: 0.5 ~ 2 g.
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕	Weak digestion: Symptoms: Lack of digestive juice, lack of appetite, flatulence after meal, burping, noisy intestine, nausea, vomiting, bitterness in the mouth, bad breath, thick and oily fur on the tongue. Therapy: First use laxative to rid of stale waste. Then use 10 pieces of sang shen per  day and place it on top of the cooking rice and steam till cooked. Gradually increase to more than 10 pieces. If the coating on the tongue is thick, use shan zha 20 pieces for chewing. Spit out after 2 minutes. Repeat if needed. 消化不良： 症 狀 ﹕ 胃液缺乏，食慾減退，食後腹部脹悶，噯氣﹐腹內聲音嘈雜，噁心嘔吐，口苦口臭，舌苔厚膩。 治 療 法  ﹕ 先用用通便劑以助排便。 用桑椹子洗淨，置飯鍋上蒸熟，每日約服十粒，漸漸加至十粒以上。舌苔仍見厚膩，可用山楂片二十片，置口中反覆嚼食，兩分鐘後，重行吐出，舌苔即轉紅轉薄。如仍不見效，可再嚼二十片。待舌上積垢清除，口臭亦癒，再蒸食桑椹子以助消化。
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕	Not to use in cases of diarrhea. 腹瀉不可用。