牡丹 모란뿌리껍질 (모란)

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1. 性微寒, 味辛苦, 無毒.

   성미한, 미신고, 무독.

   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.

   제징견어혈.

   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.

   치여자경맥불통, 혈력요통, 낙태, 하포의.

   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.

   산후일체혈기, 료옹창, 배농, 소박손어혈.

   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.

   즉모단화근야.

   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.

   생산중, 단엽자가.

   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》

   이월팔월채근, 동도벽거골, 음건. 《본초》

   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,

   입족소음·수궐음,

   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,

   치무한지골증,

   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.

    능사음중지화.

    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,

    주반증용,

    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》

    백자보, 적자리. 《입문》

    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.