Mulberry branch’ growth
Mulberry branch’ function
Mulberry branch’ cultural
Chinese medicine
Dispelling Dampness and Unblocking Joints:
Ramulus Mori, bitter and neutral, enters the Liver Meridian. It treats rheumatic arthralgia, dispels wind-damp from muscles, bones and joints, relaxes spasm and unblocks meridians, and relieves upper limb soreness and numbness, suitable for both wind-cold and heat arthralgia with compatibility.
Promoting Diuresis and Reducing Swelling:
Ramulus Mori unblocks meridians to promote water-damp metabolism, auxiliary regulates edema from rheumatic arthralgia and lower limb swelling/numbness from beriberi. Its water-draining power is mild, and combining with Semen Coicis enhances damp-dispelling and swelling-reducing effects.
Dispelling Wind and Relieving Itching:
Ramulus Mori dispels wind and clears skin damp-turbidity, treating skin pruritus caused by wind mixed with dampness. Taken internally to regulate qi movement and externally to act on skin, it is often combined with Fructus Kochiae to relieve eczema and dry pruritus.
Generating Fluid and Moistening Dryness:
Modern TCM finds Ramulus Mori regulates body fluids with specific compatibility, auxiliary improves thirst/dry throat in diabetes with limb numbness. Combined with yin-nourishing herbs like Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, it unblocks meridians to promote fluid distribution.
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Culture
Five elements
Ramulus Mori belongs to wood in the Five Elements, conforming to the characteristic of “wood being curved and straight”. It enters the Liver Meridian to nourish tendons and vessels. Growing on the upper part of mulberry trees and with a light texture, it belongs to yang, has the nature of ascending and dispersing, and can dispel wind pathogens.
I Ching
The flexibility of Ramulus Mori matches the Xun Gua (☴) in I Ching, being soft yet unbreakable. Its sprouting in spring corresponds to the emergence of yang lines in Zhen Gua. Its upward extension echoes the vitality of Zhen Gua, making it a dynamic carrier of life.
Geomancy
In feng shui, mulberry trees are yin wood, which can protect the house from evil spirits and safeguard the family’s safety. Since mulberry leaves are beneficial for silkworm rearing and silk production, there is a folk saying “planting mulberries in front of the door makes one the richest in the area”, implying the feng shui meaning of attracting wealth.
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