Tongling Fengdan Peony Bark

Tongling Fengdan Peony Bark

Tongling Fengdan Peony Bark is a geographical indication certification trademark.

　　Peony bark, a traditional Chinese medicine. As recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica: "It nourishes yin, reduces fire, detoxifies skin eruptions, soothes sore throat, and improves urination with blood stasis. Later generations solely used Phellodendron to treat ministerial fire, unaware that peony bark is even more effective. Red-flowered types promote circulation, white-flowered types nourish—this is rarely understood and should be distinguished." Modern studies indicate that paeonol and other glycoside components in peony bark possess anti-inflammatory properties; peony bark extract inhibits platelet aggregation; paeonol has central nervous system-depressant effects such as sedation, fever reduction, antipyresis, analgesia, and antispasmodic action, along with benefits like anti-atherosclerosis, diuresis, and anti-ulcer effects.

　　The main characteristics of Tongling Fengdan Peony Bark are thick flesh, fine wood core, strong fragrance, long-term storage without insect infestation or mold growth. Major domestic pharmaceutical companies, such as Beijing Tongrentang, Henan Wanshi, and Lanzhou Foci, use it as a key ingredient in traditional Chinese patent medicines like Liuwei Dihuang Pills. Its primary functions include nourishing yin and kidney, alleviating dizziness, tinnitus, soreness in the lower back and knees, spermatorrhea, and night sweats. Additionally, when its slices are soaked in alcohol, the product serves multiple purposes: first, it is slightly cold in nature, bitter and acrid in taste, non-toxic, and enters the heart, liver, kidney, and pericardium meridians; second, it clears heat, activates blood, resolves stasis, relieves pain, lowers blood pressure, prevents spasms, and protects the liver; third, it treats hidden fire in the blood and promotes longevity with prolonged consumption. Tongling has also developed "peony tea" from Fengdan peony leaves, which offers cooling and detoxifying effects.

　　The cultivation of Tongling Fengdan Peony Bark has a history of over 1,600 years. It is mainly produced in the Phoenix Mountain Basin and surrounding areas at the junction of Shun’an Town and Zhongming Town in Tongling County, and Hewan Town in Nanling County, and is exported worldwide as well as to Southeast Asia.

　　Tongling Fengdan Peony Bark

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　　 Fengdan Peony Bark (traditional Chinese medicinal material)