Paeonia suffruticosa (Mudan)

Distribution:
Throughout China, especially  in Anhui, Henan, Sichuan, Hunan, Shaanxi, Shandong, Gansu, Guizhou
 
Properties (characteristics):
Acrid, bitter, mildly cool
 
Channels (meridians) entered:
Heart, liver, kidney
 
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:
effect on circulation
anti micro organism
anti inflammatory, and effect on immune system
effect on CNS
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.
 
Chemical ingredients:
Paeonol, paeonoside, paeonolide, apiopaeonoside, paeoniflorin, ozypaeoniflorin, benzoylpaeoniflorin, benzoyl-oxypaeoniflorin, gallic aid, 1,23,4,6-pentagalloylglucose

Dosage:
6 to 12 g
 
Cautions:
Not to use in cold disorder, pregnancy, excessive menstruation, bleeding, yinxu (yin deficient) with night sweat.