牡丹皮·Cortex Moutan
Moutan Root Bar
Mu Dan Pi (牡丹皮) is the root bark of the tree peony, recorded as Cortex Moutan. It is acrid and bitter in flavour, slightly cold, and enters the Heart, Liver and Kidney channels. The catalogue files it among the herbs that cool the Blood.
| Pinyin | mu dan pi |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 牡丹皮 |
| Latin Name | Cortex Moutan |
| English Name | Moutan Root Bar·Moutan Root Bark·tree peony bark |
| Japanese | botanpi |
| Korean | mokdanpi |
Ying-stage Heat with skin rashes, menorrhagia, hematuria, hemafecia, hemoptysis and epistaxis; cools the Blood and disperses Stasis. Blood Stasis disorders such as traumatic injury, menstrual pain and amenorrhea. Heat damaging the Ying and Xue levels with hematemesis and purpuric rash. Heat and obstruction arising from Blood Deficiency, with irregular menses
huang qin + chai hu + bai shao
Heat with premenstrual fever or epistaxis during menstruation
Warm febrile disease with hematuria, hematemesis and epistaxis
Steaming bone disorder.
bie jia + zhi mu + sheng di huang + qing hao
Heat lingering in the Ying level with depleted Yin or Body Fluids, causing night fevers and recurring afternoon fevers
Traumatic injury with bruising and pain; Blood Stasis with amenorrhea and abdominal pain
Blood Stagnation with pain in the chest and abdomen
Post-traumatic Blood Stasis with pain and swelling
Liver Fire or Liver Yang rising that stems from constrained Fire
Liver Fire ascending with dizziness and red, swollen eyes
da huang + dong gua zi + tao ren
Abdominal abscess not yet suppurating, with abdominal pain, constipation and a low-grade fever
jin yin hua + lian qiao + bai zhi
Carbuncles; flat, painless, slow-healing suppurative inflammation of soft tissue
xi jiao + sheng di huang + chi shao
Xue Stage Heat.
Premenstrual fever and early periods
Blood Stasis causing amenorrhea and menorrhagia
tao ren + gui zhi + chi shao + fu ling
Blood Stasis with amenorrhea, severely painful dysmenorrhea, Heat, masses, lumps and tumors
Heat in the Xue level with epistaxis and hematemesis
Heat in the Ying and Xue stages with high fever, thirst, scarlet tongue, generalized rash, epistaxis and hemoptysis. Yin damaged by a lingering Warm pathogen. Steaming bones from Kidney Yin Deficiency
Yin Deficiency with Heat during menopause
ze xie + fu ling + shan zhu yu
Heat from Kidney Yin Deficiency causing spermatorrhea
da huang + mang xiao + tao ren + dong gua zi + chi shao
Acute appendicitis not yet suppurating, with fever, vomiting and pain in the lower right quadrant
| Age | Raw | Granule | Tincture | Concentrate | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any 6-12g; Maximum dose: 30g; Tincture: 2-4ml | 6-12 g | — | 2-4 ml | — | — |