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Mu Dan Pi (Cortex of the Peony Tree Root)

Herbs that Cool the Blood
Mu Dan Pi 牡丹皮

Cortex Radicis Moutan Cortex of the Peony Tree Root

Channels HTLIVKI
Nature Cool SpicyBitter
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Mu Dan Pi (Cortex Radicis Moutan)
Specimen Cortex Radicis Moutan

Materia Medica Data

Category
Herbs that Cool the Blood
Temperature
Cool
Nature & Flavour
Spicy, Bitter, Cool
Channels Entered
HT, LIV, KI
Latin (pharmaceutical)
Cortex Radicis Moutan
Chinese
牡丹皮
Tone Marks
mŭ dān pí

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Appears in Formulas 12

Clear Heat (4)

Qing Wen Bai Du Yin6-12gQing Hao Bie Jia Tang9gQing Wei San6-9gXi Jiao Di Huang Tang6-8g

Invigorate the Blood (2)

Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan9-12gWen Jing Tang6g

Stop Bleeding (2)

Qing Re Zhi Beng Tang9gShi Hui San9g

Tonify (2)

Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan9gLiu Wei Di Huang Wan6-9g

Drain Downward (1)

Da Huang Mu Dan Tang9g

Treat Dryness (1)

Yang Yin Qing Fei Tang2.4g
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Chinese Herb Actions

  • Clears Heat and Cools the Blood For heat in the Blood causing nose bleed, vomiting with Blood, Bloody phlegm, subcutaneous bleeding, and heavy menstruation.
  • Clears Fire from Yin Deficiency For Yin deficiency symptoms, especially without sweating.
  • Invigorates the Blood and Removes Stagnation For abdominal tumors, bruises, lumps, and amenorrhea or dysmenorrhea.
  • Calms Liver Fire For headache, rib pain, or eye pain.
  • Reduces Swellings Used topically to drain pus and reduce firm sores. Used internally for intestinal abscesses.

Chinese Herb Dosage

  • 6-12 grams.
  • Part used: root-bark.

Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions

  • Contraindicated in pregnancy, Yin deficiency with excessive sweating, and diarrhea. Some traditional sources say this herb is not to be used with Bulbus Fritillariae (bei mu), Semen Cuscutae Chinensis (tu si zi), Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (da huang), and is not to be taken when using garlic.

Chinese Herb Notes

  • Used raw to more effectively cool the blood, charred to stop bleeding, and dry-fried to remove stasis.

Sources & References

Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus

The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.

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Chinese Herbs Books & References

  • https://amzn.to/3WfB3DK

    Dan Bensky

  • https://amzn.to/3DR1VUh

    John K. Chen, Tina T. Chen

  • https://amzn.to/42aMz73

    Max Wichtl

  • https://amzn.to/3PuD4bt

    Him Che. Yeung

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