Moutan
(Peony) Bark (zhi zi)
Cortex
Moutan Radicis
Properties:
Pungent and bitter in flavour, cold in nature, it acts on
the heart and liver channels. The herb is mainly acting on
the heart and liver channels, and particularly circulated
in the blood. The bitter and the cold properties can
remove heat from the blood, and the pungent and cold can
promote the blood circulation. The characteristics of its
functions are cooling blood and stopping bleeding without
stasis, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood
stasis without inducing bleeding. It is often used to
treat the syndromes of excessive and stagnant heat in the
blood.
Effects:
Removing heat from the blood, promoting blood circulation
and relieving blood stasis.
Indications:
1.
For epidemic febrile diseases with pathogenic heat
in the ying and blood divisions, caused by heat invasion
of blood manifested as maculus and eruption, hematemesis
and epitaxis. It is often used in combination with the
heat-clearing drugs, such as rhinoceros horn and rehmannia
root, known as Xijiao Dihuang Tang (Decoction of
Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia).
2.
For the syndromes of heat due to Yin-deficiency,
lingering of heat in the later stage of febrile diseases
and interior heat due to Yin-deficiency, it can be used in
combination with Yin-nourishing and heat-clearing drugs,
such as sweet wormwood, turtle shell and rehmannia root,
known as Zhi Bai Dihuang Wan (Pill of Anemarrhena,
Phellodendron and Rehmannia), Qinghao Biejia Tang
(Decoction of Sweet Wormwood and Turtle Shell).
3.
For amenorrhea and menorrhalgia due to blood
stasis, ecchymoma caused by trauma, it is often used in
combination with the drugs for promoting blood circulation
and relieving stasis, such as peach kernel, cinnamon twigs
and Chinese angelica root. In cases of superficial
suppurative infections, periappendicular abscess, it is
used in combination with the drugs for clearing heat,
detoxicating, subduing swellings and draining pus, such as
honeysuckle flower, forsythia fruit, peach kernel, etc.
In
addition, for secondary fire from stagnation of liver-qi,
this herb may also be used to purge the liver-fire.
Dosage
and Administration: 5-10g.
Use raw herb for removing heat from the blood, and
stir-baked for bleeding due to blood-heat.
Precautions:
This herb should be used
with caution in pregnant women.
Air ship 500 grams (about 1.1 pound)
of Moutan
(Peony) Bark (zhi zi) for your personnel use now for
US$22.00. 
Note: Before using it, please contact us about how to
use it and the dosage.
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