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dan pi,
丹皮;
mu dan pi﹐
牡丹皮
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by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu
| Pharmaceutical name: |
Cortex Moutan Radicis
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| Biological name: |
Paeonia suffruticosa
Andr.
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| Pron. in Japanese: |
botanpi
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| Pron. in Korean: |
moktanpi
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Pron. in Cantonese: |
maau5
daan1 pei4
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| Common Name: |
peony root
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| Distribution: |
throughout China, especially
in Anhui, Henan, Sichuan, Hunan, Shaanxi,
Shandong, Gansu, Guizhou
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| Properties (characteristics) |
acrid, bitter, mildly
cool
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| Channels (meridians)
entered: |
heart, liver, kidney
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| 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.
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| Medical Function: |
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effect on circulation
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anti micro organism
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anti inflammatory,
and effect on immune system
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effect on CNS
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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.
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| Chemical ingredients: |
paeonol, paeonoside,
paeonolide, apiopaeonoside, paeoniflorin,
ozypaeoniflorin, benzoylpaeoniflorin, benzoyl-oxypaeoniflorin,
gallic aid, 1,23,4,6-pentagalloylglucose
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Dosage: |
6 to 12 g
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Samples of formulae: |
to be loaded
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| Modern Application: |
1. purpura due to low
platelet count
2. infectious diarrhea
3. hypertension
4. allergenic rhinitis
5. cholinergic hives
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| 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
da suan
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