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Pharmaceutical name: |
Cortex Moutan Radicis |
| Latin
botanical name: |
Paeonia suffruticosa Andr.
Paeonia moutan, Sims. |
| Pron. in
Japanese: |
botanpi |
| Pron. in
Korean: |
moktanpi |
| Pron. in
Cantonese: |
mau tan pei |
| Common Name: |
peony root |
| Distribution: |
throughout China, especially in
Anhui, Henan, Sichuan, Huan, Shaanxi, Shandong, Gansu, Guizhou |
| Properties
(characteristics) |
acrid, bitter, mildly cool |
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Channels (meridians) entered: |
heart, liver, kidney |
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Actions & Indications: |
clears heat and cools the blood, clears
fire of yin deficiency, clear blood stasis and rid of clots, drain
pus and reduces swelling due to blood stasis. |
| Medical
Function: |
1. effect on circulation 2. anti micro
organism
3. anti inflammatory, and effect on immune system
4. effect on CNS
5. effect on secretion of water and sodium when dosage is
increased. Low dosage does not have effect on secretion of
potassium. At highest dosage secretion of potassium is
decreased. |
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Chemical ingredients: |
paeonol, paeonoside, paeonolide,
apiopaeonoside paeoniflorin, ozypaeoniflorin, benzoylpaeoniflorin,
benzoyl-oxypaeoniflorin
gallic aid, 1,23,4,6-pentagalloylglucose |
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Dosage: |
6 to 12 g |
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Samples of
formulae: |
to be loaded |
| Modern
Application: |
1. purpura due to low platelet count
2. infectious diarrhea
3. hypertension
4. allergenic rhinitis
5. cholinergic hives |
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Cautions: |
not to use in cold disorder, pregnancy,
excessive menstruation, bleeding, yinxu (yin deficient) with night
sweat. Not compatible with tu si zi, bei mu, da huang and garlic. |
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