| dan pi, 丹皮 mu dan pi﹐ 牡丹皮 按此看中文 by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu | 丹皮 牡丹皮 |  |  |
| Pharmaceutical name: | Cortex Moutan Radicis | | Latin botanical name: | Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. | | Pron. in Japanese: | botanpi | | Pron. in Korean: | moktanpi | | Pron. in Cantonese: | maau5 daan1 pei4 | | Common Name: | peony root | | Distribution: | throughout China, especially in Anhui, Henan, Sichuan, Hunan, Shaanxi, Shandong, Gansu, Guizhou | | Properties (characteristics) | acrid, bitter, mildly cool | | Channels (meridians) entered: | heart, liver, kidney | | Actions & Indications: | clears heat and cools the blood, clears fire of yin deficiency, clear blood stasis and rid of clots, drain pus and reduces swelling due to blood stasis. | | Medical Function: | 1. effect on circulation 2. anti micro organism 3. anti inflammatory, and effect on immune system 4. effect on CNS 5. effect on secretion of water and sodium when dosage is increased. Low dosage does not have effect on secretion of potassium. At highest dosage secretion of potassium is decreased. | | Chemical ingredients: | paeonol, paeonoside, paeonolide, apiopaeonoside paeoniflorin, ozypaeoniflorin, benzoylpaeoniflorin, benzoyl-oxypaeoniflorin gallic aid, 1,23,4,6-pentagalloylglucose | | Dosage: | 6 to 12 g | | Samples of formulae: | to be loaded | | Modern Application: | 1. purpura due to low platelet count 2. infectious diarrhea 3. hypertension 4. allergenic rhinitis 5. cholinergic hives | | Cautions: | not to use in cold disorder, pregnancy, excessive menstruation, bleeding, yinxu (yin deficient) with night sweat. Not compatible with tu si zi, bei mu, da huang and garlic. |
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