Mu Dan Pi

Moutan Radicis Cortex

Properties: BITTER, PUNGENT - COOL
Dosage: 6-12g.
Meridian: HEART, LIVER, KIDNEY

-clear heat, cool blood – nose bleed, bloody sputum, profuse menses
-clear deficient fire – steaming bone, no sweating
-clears liver blood stasis – amenorrhea, abdominal mass, bruise’s
-clears rising liver fire – headache, eye pain, dysmenorrhoea
-drains pus, reduces swelling
–topically for non-draining sores

Reference
Benskey & Gamble 1986, Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, Seattle Washington, Eastland Press