Mu Dan Pi
Moutan Cortex
acrid, bitter, slightly cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Clears Heat and Cools Blood
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Epistaxis
- Menometrorrhagia
- Hematemesis
- Fever
- Abdominal masses
- Amenorrhea
- Lumps
- Trauma
- Headache
- Eye pain
- Rib side pain
- Dysmenorrhea
- Sores
- Intestinal abscess
Mu Dan Pi is acrid, bitter, and slightly cold. It enters the heart, liver, and kidney systems to move the blood and cool it down. Mu Dan Pi can be used symptomatically for deficiency heat patterns such as females with menopausal hot flashes but it will need to be combined with herb to treat the root deficiency.
It can also be used topically for sores.
Channels: heart, liver, kidney
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Abdominal pain
- Nose bleed
- Chest pain
- Boils
- Carbuncles
- Eczema
- Dysmenorrhea
- Breast abscess
- Alopecia
- Fever
- Amenorrhea
- High blood pressure
- Joint pain
- Allergies
Formulas:
- Ba Xian Chang Shou Wan
- Bu Shen Yi Gan Tang
- Da Huang Mu Dan Tang
- Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San
- Dao Chi Qing Xin Tang
- Du Qin Wan
- Er Long Zuo Ci Wan
- Ge Xia Zhu Yu Tang
- Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
- Jia Wei Shen Qi Wan
- Jia Wei Xiao Yao San
- Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan
- Kai Yu Zhong Yu Tang
- Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
- Mai Wei Di Huang Wan
- Mie Di Zhi Yang Tang
- Ming Mu Di Huang Wan
- Ping Gan Kai Yu Zhi Xue Tang
- Qi Ju Di Huang Wan
- Qi Zhen San
- Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang
- Qing Wei San
- Qing Wen Bai Du Yin
- Shen Qi Wan
- Shi Hui San
- Wen Jing Tang
- Xi Jiao Di Huang Tang
- Xuan Yu Tong Jing Tang
- Yang Yin Qing Fei Tang
- Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan
Contraindications: Mu Dan Pi is slightly cold and should not be prescribed to patients that have cold patterns affecting the blood level, Mu Dan Pi should not be prescribed to pregnant patients due to its blood moving characteristic
Zoo Image: an arctic fox on a blood moving stair stepper puts out a fire with his yin squirt gun while a hot liver pulls at his head, he has a sore on his tail