abstract:Xia Sang Ju (or Xiasangju) (Wade-Giles: Hsia Sang Chu (or Hsiasangchu), 夏桑菊) is a kind of Chinese herbal drink made by soups cooked from dried leaves of Heal-all (Xia (Wade-Giles: hsia), Prunella vulgaris) and White mulberry (Sang, Morus alba), as well as a kind of dried yellow sweet chrysanthemum (Ju (Wade-Giles: Chu), Chrysanthemum indicum, 甘菊). Such a drink originated from a famous herbal-drink formula in Qing dynasty called Sang Ju drink (Wade-Giles: Sang Chu drink) (桑菊飲) for expelling an epidemic spread in East China in 1814.