HT, LV, KD (6-12g)
One hot summer day the Moo cows became hot blooded when they saw Dan pee on the forest fire. They ran in circles and caused a traffic jam (stampede), but eventually they slowed down due to feeling deficient from the heat.
Dan should have known better than to pee next to pregnant cows (cc: pregnancy) or those with (cc: cold disorders or excessive menses not caused by heat)
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English Name: moutan bark, tree peony bark |
Explanation of Key Words in this story... |
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| hot summer day... hot blooded | clears heat; cools blood |
| forest fire | clears LV fire |
| ran in circles... traffic jam | invigorates blood... dispels stasis |
| deficient from the heat | clears deficient heat |
Mu Dan Pi Actions and Indications
- Cools blood, Clears Heat (From Ying and Xue level) (heat entering Ying or blood level in warm-febrile diseases: epistaxis, hematemesis, hemoptysis; subcutaneous bleeding; also for frequent profuse menstrual bleeding from blood heat, especially with clots)
- Clears deficient heat (yin deficienct heat after warm-febrile disease, steaming bone disorders: most suitable in absence of sweating)
- Invigorates the blood, dispels stasis (abdominal masses, lumps, blood stasis with amenorrhea; traumatic injury; carbuncles; intestinal abccesses)
- Clears LV fire (irritability; headache; eye pain; moderns use for hypertension)
- (cc: pregnancy)
- (cc: cold disorders or excessive menses not caused by heat)
- Special Notes:
- Hypertension: According to one study 30-45g of Mu Dan Pi decoction was given in three equally divided doses for 5 days. The results were markedly effective to lower blood pressure in 31 patients.
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