Also Known As:

European Peony, Paeonia, Paeoniae Radix, Piney, Mu Dan Pi Paeonia mascula; Paeonia officinalis.

Family: Paeoniaceae.

Properties:

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

Dosage: 6 – 12g.

Also Used For:

Orally, Mu Dan Pi/Peony root is used for spasms. It is also used for epilepsy, excitability, whooping cough, arthritis, bowel complaints, as an emetic, and for inducing menstruation.

Herbal combinations, Mu Dan Pi/Peony root is used for arthritis, GI tract diseases, the heart and circulatory system, neuralgia, migraines, as a tonic, and for chronic fatigue syndrome.