Mudanpi Cortex Moutan Radicis - Chinese medicinal herbs for eliminating heat and dampness

Mudanpi Cortex Moutan Radicis - Chinese medicinal herbs for eliminating heat and dampness

The source is from cortex of Paeonia suffruticoas Andr, family Ramunculaceae. The medicinal material is mainly produced in the provinces of Anhui, Shandong, etc., collected in autumn and dried in the sun. The crude or stir-baked one can be used.
Medicinal Properties Bitter and pungent in flavor and slightly cold in nature, and attributive to the heart, liver and kidney meridians.
Actions Clear away heat, cool and circulate the blood to remove blood stasis.

Application
1. It is used for blood heat syndrome manifested as maculae and papules, haematemesis and epistaxis and has the actions of cooling blood and arresting bleeding and can clear away heat from yingfen and xuefen as well. For haematemesis, epistaxis and maculae and papules due to hemopyretic bleeding, it is usually combined with Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae ) , Chishaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra) and others that can cool blood and arrest bleeding.

2. It is used for febrile diseases injuring yin and fever due to yin deficiency. It can clear away latent pyrexia from yinfen, so it is often used in treatment of the syndrome of residual heat and consumption of the body fluids of seasonal febrile disease at the late stage manifested as fever at night and cool in the early morning, fever and bone steaming, fever bringing down with anhidrosis, and usually combined with Biejia (Carapax Trionycis ), Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae ), Zhimu ( Rhizoma Anemarrhenae ), etc., such as Qinghao Biejia Tang (Decoction) ; for seasonal febrile disease with heat involving yingfen and xuefen marked by fever being severe at night, macules, and crimson tongue, etc., it is usually combined with Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae ), Xuanshen (Radix Scrophulariae), and Lianqiao ( Fructus Forsythiae ) , etc..

3. It is used for blood-stasis syndrome, and is especially suitable for stagnation of heat and stasis of blood. For amenorrhea due to stagnation of blood, dysmenorrhea, abdominal mass or traumatic injury, it is usually combined with Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Taoren (Semen Persicae ) , and Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei ), etc..

4. It is used for carbuncle, pyocutaneous disease and swelling; for overabundance of heat with carbuncle and sore toxin, it can be combined with Jinyinhua (Flos Lonicerae), and Lianqiao ( Fructus Forsythiae ), and Pugongying (Herba Taraxaci), etc. ; for early stage of intestinal abscess, usually used together with Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei ) , Taoren ( Semen Persicae ) , and Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas), etc., such as Dahuang Mudanpi Tang (Decoction).

Usage and Dosage 6 -12 g is used in decoction for oral use, the crude one is used for clearing away heat and cooling blood, the carbonized for arresting bleeding, the stir-baked one with wine for dispersing blood stasis.
Notes It is not suitable for blood deficiency with cold, pregnant women and a woman with excessive menstruation.

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