Purslane and Red Peony Root Decoction

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Purslane and Red Peony Root Decoction

Chinese Name: 马兰头赤芍汁

Formula

50 g honey, 50 g fresh Eupatorium (or 30 g dried), 10 g red peony root

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Place the last two ingredients in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and simmer for 30 minutes. Strain out the solids, let the liquid cool, then stir in honey to complete the preparation

Efficacy

Clears heat, cools the blood, and stops bleeding. Mainly used to treat hemorrhoids with bloody stools

Usage

Take in 2 doses; consume 1 dose per day. One week constitutes one treatment course

Commentary

Taking fresh Eupatorium (Pei-lan) as the chief herb, the formula draws on its pungent flavor and neutral property: its action follows the Spleen, Stomach, Lung meridians and works to resolve dampness, refresh the spleen and open the stomach. Red peony root (Chi-shao) serves as the deputy herb. Bitter-slightly cold in property, it enters the Liver meridians and works to clear heat, cool blood, activate blood to disperse stasis. Honey (Feng-mi) acts as the coordinating (envoy) herb, working to moisten the lung and harmonize the formula and unite the separate actions into one. In sum, the prescription clear heat, cool the blood, stop bleeding, aimed squarely at the blood pattern rather than at isolated symptoms.

Purslane and Red Peony Root Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears heat, cools the blood, and stops bleeding. Mainly used to treat hemorrhoids with bloody stools

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