牡丹 모란뿌리껍질 (모란)

Original, read line by line 東醫寶鑑 · Tangaek — Decoctions vol. 3

1. 性微寒, 味辛苦, 無毒.

   Slightly cold in nature, pungent and bitter in taste, and non-toxic. Its cool quality gently clears heat without harming the body.

2. 除癥堅瘀血.

   It dissolves hardened masses in the abdomen and stagnant blood. Breaking up long-stuck blood is its core strength.

3. 治女子經脉不通, 血瀝腰痛, 落胎, 下胞衣.

   It treats blocked menstruation in women, lingering bleeding with lower-back pain, and helps deliver a retained placenta after childbirth.

4. 産後一切血氣, 療癰瘡, 排膿, 消撲損瘀血.

   It addresses all kinds of postpartum blood disorders, treats abscesses and sores, draws out pus, and disperses bruising from blunt injuries.

5. 卽牡丹花根也.

   This refers to the root of the peony flower. The roots beneath the familiar showy blossoms are what become the medicine.

6. 生山中, 單葉者佳.

   Wild mountain-grown peony is used, and single-petaled varieties are best. The simpler wild form outperforms the ornately bred double-flowered cultivars.

7. 二月八月採根, 銅刀劈去骨, 陰乾. 《本草》

   Roots are gathered in the second and eighth lunar months, split with a copper knife to remove the woody core, and dried in the shade. Avoiding iron blades and direct sunlight is the traditional preparation. From Bencao.

8. 入足少陰ㆍ手厥陰,

   It enters the Foot Shaoyin kidney channel and the Hand Jueyin pericardium channel. In meridian theory, its action reaches around the kidneys and the heart.

9. 治無汗之骨蒸,

   It treats steaming bone heat that comes without sweating. It suits chronic low-grade fevers that feel as if the body is drying out from within.

10. 能瀉陰中之火.

    It can drain the hidden fire lodged within the yin layers of the body. It addresses deep heat that smolders inside rather than showing on the surface.

11. 酒拌蒸用,

    It is mixed with wine and steamed before use. Wine processing lifts and spreads its action so it moves the blood more effectively.

12. 白者補, 赤者利. 《入門》

    The white-barked kind tonifies, while the red-barked kind unblocks. Even within the same herb, color determines use, so it must be matched to the condition. From Ipmun.