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Pin Yin:
mu dan pi
Common name: cortex of tree peony root
Botanical family: Ranunculaceae
Botanical name: Paeonia suffruticosa Andr.
Primary action: Cool Blood
Secondary actions:
Quicken Blood, Transform Stasis
Temperature: cool
Taste: acrid, bitter
Entering Channel: Ht, Lv, Kd
Actions:
Clears Heat and Cools Blood; used for Yingand Blood Aspect Heat.
Clears Vacuity Fire (such as Steaming Bone Pattern); is best used
in conditions of little or no sweating.
Quickens Blood and dispels Blood Stasis; used in conditions such
as firm masses and tumors, and bruises from traumatic injuries.
Restrains rising Liver Yang.
Drains abscesses, both internal and external, including intestinal abscesses;
can be used topically for external abscesses.
(See
Blood Heat
;
Construction Aspect Wind Heat
;
Blood Aspect Repletion Heat
;
Vacuity Fire
;
Blood Stasis
;
Liver Yang Rising (Ascending)
;
Heat Toxin
.)
Indications: maculopapular eruptions, vomitingblood,
bleeding, nosebleed, abdominal masses, menstrual block, menstrual
pain, headache, heat effusion,dizziness
Dosage:
2-4 qian.
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