Morus Fruit vs Mexican Sage

TCM blood and yin tonic fruit used to nourish yin, supplement blood, and generate fluids. The dark purple berries are used differently from the leaves in TCM.

Mexican perennial sage with striking blue-purple flowers; used in traditional Mexican medicine for nervous conditions and respiratory infections.

anthocyanins, resveratrol, mulberroside A, rutin

rosmarinic acid, cineole, ursolic acid, flavonoids, alkaloids

Nourish blood and yin, Generate fluids for thirst, Treat tinnitus and dizziness from blood deficiency, Blacken hair and beard in TCM tradition

Nervous conditions and anxiety in Mexican folk medicine, Respiratory infections, Digestive complaints, Used by Aztec and contemporary Mexican healers

Antioxidant, Antidiabetic, Neuroprotective, Anti-aging

Anxiolytic, Antimicrobial, Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant

9-15g dried fruit or 500mg extract daily

2–3 g dried herb as tea; 1–2 mL tincture

Diarrhea, Spleen deficiency in TCM

Pregnancy in large doses, Estrogen-sensitive conditions

Loose stools with excess, GI upset

GI upset