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Mu Dan Pi - Lab Tested, 1lb
Mu Dan Pi - Lab Tested, 1lb
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Moutan Bark is an herb that clears heat and cools the blood. It invigorates the blood, dispels stasis, and clears deficiency heat.
Primary Actions and Uses
- Clears heat and cools the blood: For warm-heat pathogens in the blood level causing fever, nosebleed, hemoptysis, or rashes.
- Invigorates the blood and dispels stasis: For amenorrhea, abdominal masses, lumps, or trauma with pain due to blood stasis.
- Clears deficiency heat: For steaming bone disorder, especially after febrile disease or in yin deficiency patterns.
- Clears liver fire: For red, swollen, or painful eyes and flank pain due to liver heat.
Context and Traditional Notes
- Acrid, bitter, and slightly cold; enters the Heart, Liver, and Kidney channels. Classified in TCM as an herb that cools the blood.
- Often used in formulas for both excess and deficiency heat patterns involving the blood, and in gynecological formulas for blood stasis.
- Distinguished from Chi Shao (Red Peony Root) by its stronger heat-clearing and deficiency-heat-clearing properties.
English Name: Cortex Moutan — Tree Peony Root Bark; Moutan Bark
Unit Size: 1 pound
Potency: 1:1
Taste: Acrid, Bitter
Properties: Slightly Cold
Channels Entered: Heart, Liver, Kidney
Actions: Clears heat and cools the blood; invigorates the blood; dispels stasis; clears deficiency heat; clears liver fire
Pattern: Heat in the blood; blood stasis; yin deficiency heat; liver fire
Materia Medica: Clear Heat - Cool the Blood
Contraindications: Avoid in pregnancy, especially if menstrual bleeding is excessive; not for cold in the blood
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