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dan pi, 丹皮; mu dan pi﹐ 牡丹皮 

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by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

dan pi herb mua dan flower
Pharmaceutical name:

Cortex Moutan Radicis
Biological 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 da suan

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Last update: Dec 19, 2012; 9:39 p.m. LAH