Tree Peony Bark
Moutan Cortex, Cortex Moutan
Mu Dan Pi

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; pungent; slightly cold

Part(s) used

Root cortex

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To remove heat from blood, to activate blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Appendicitis, dysentery, hypertension, allergic rhinitis, warm heat disease with fever, macular eruption, blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, steaming bone tidal fever due to yin vacuity, amenorrhea due to blood stasis, dysmenorrhea, concretion and conglomeration, swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore, painful wound from knocks and falls, wind-damp-heat impediment.