Mu Dan Pi
牡丹皮 mǔ dān pí

Category:

Clear Heat

Clear Heat and Cool Blood

Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

Alternate Names:

Name	Pin Yin	Chinese	Translated
Dan Pi	dān pí	丹皮

	Tastes: Acrid , Bitter		Dosage: 6-12g

	Cautions: Inappropriate for those with cold in the blood, or in women who are either pregnant or have excessive menstrual bleeding when this is not due to blood heat combined with blood stasis avoid use during Pregnancy		Meridians: Heart , Liver , Kidney
	Preparation: • Dry-fried • Wine-fried • Charred		Quality: Good quality - thick, white, starchy quills with the xylem removed and a strong aroma
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (30) dū qì wān (Capital Qi Pill) jiā jiǎn shēng mài sǎn (Modified Generate the Pulse Powder) bā wèi dì huáng wán (Eight-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia) bā xīan cháng shōu wán (Eight Immortal Pill for Longevity) dà huáng mǔ dān tāng (Rhubarb and Moutan Decoction) dān huáng sì nì sǎn (Moutan and Phellodendron Powder for Frigid Extemities) ěr lóng zǔo cí wán (Pill for Deafness that is Kind to the Left (Kidney)) gé xià zhú yū tāng (Drive Out Blood Stasis Below the Diaphragm Decoction) guì zhī fú líng wán (Cinnamon Twig and Poria Pill) jì shēng shèn qì wán (Kidney Qi Pill from Formulas to Aid the Living) jīa wèi lìu wèi dì huáng wán (Augmented Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia) jiā wèi xiāo yáo sǎn jīn guì shèn qì wán (Kd Qi Pill from the Golden Cabinet) lìu wèi dì huáng wán (Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia) míng mù dì huáng wán (Improve Vision Pill with Rehmannia) qǐ jú dì huáng wán (Lycium Fruit, Chrysanthemum and Rehmannia Pill) qīng jīng sǎn (Clear the Menses Powder) qīng jīng zhǐ xuè tāng (Cool the Menses and Stop Bleeding Decoction) qīng rè zhǐ bēng tāng (Clear Heat and Stop Excessive Uterine Bleeding Dec) qīng wèi tāng (Clear the Stomach Decoction) qīng wēn bài dù yǐn (Clear Epidemics and Overcome Toxin Decoction) sāng dān xiè bái tāng (Mulberry Leaf and Moutan Decoction to Drain the White) shí bǔ wán (Ten-Tonic Pill) shí huī sǎn (Ten Partially-Charred Substances Powder ) shùn jīng tāng (Smooth the Menses Decoction) wēn jīng tāng (Warm the Menses Decoction) xī jiǎo dì huáng tāng (Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Decoction) yǎng yīn qīng fèi tāng (Nourish the Yin and Clear the Lungs Decoction) yī wù chái gé jiě jī tāng (Bupleurum and Kudzu Decoction To Release the Muscle Layer ) yín huā jiě dú tāng (Honeysuckle Decoction to Relieve Toxicity)

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Cortex Moutan Radicis

Botanical: Paeonia Suffruticosa Andr.

Japanese: botanpi

Korean: mokdanpi

Common: moutan root bark, tree peony root bark

Temperature: Slightly Cold

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Clears heat and Cools the blood add comment

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Clears ascending Liver fire add comment

	+1 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) Yin Deficiency Heat add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Nosebleed add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Blood in the sputum add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Subcutaneous bleeding add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Frequent and profuse menstruation due to heat in the blood add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Dysmenorrhea add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Abdominal masses add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Intestinal abscess (internal) add comment

Mu Dan Pi牡丹皮 mǔ dān pí

Mu Dan Pi
牡丹皮 mǔ dān pí