Mu Dan Pi
| Mu Dan Pi in TCM:Explore the properties of Mu Dan Pi according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: moutan bark, tree peony bark
Pharmacuetical Name: Cortex Moutan
Properties: bitter, acrid, cool
Temperature: cool
Channels: HT, KD, LV
Flavors: bitter, pungent
Special Properties:
circulates blood, clears heat, clears deficent heat
Actions / Indications:
- Cools blood, Clears Heat (From Ying and Xue level)
(heat entering Ying or blood level in warm-febrile diseases: epistaxis,
hematemesis, hemoptysis; subcutaneous bleeding; also for frequent profuse
menstrual bleeding from blood heat, especially with clots)
- Clears deficient heat (yin deficienct heat after
warm-febrile disease, steaming bone disorders: most suitable in absence
of sweating)
- Invigorates the blood, dispels stasis (abdominal
masses, lumps, blood stasis with amenorrhea; traumatic injury; carbuncles;
intestinal abccesses)
- Clears LV fire (irritability; headache; eye pain;
moderns use for hypertension)
Special Notes:
- Hypertension: According to one study 30-45g of Mu Dan Pi decoction
was given in three equally divided doses for 5 days. The results were
markedly effective to lower blood pressure in 31 patients.
Contraindications: - (cc: pregnancy)
- (cc: cold disorders or excessive menses not caused by heat)
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