White peony and red peony are not the same plant, but they are a kind of peony, belonging to the same genus of plants, have their own different effects, specifically as follows:

Efficacy is different: white peony is traditionally used for yin deficiency, fever, night sweats, the treatment of dizziness and headache, dysentery and abdominal pain, menstrual irregularities and other symptoms. But red peony is mostly used to promote blood circulation to remove blood stasis and relieve pain, more treatment of blood stagnation dysmenorrhea, bruises and other symptoms, the main difference between the two is that the efficacy is different.

White peony

White peony characteristics

White peony is the dried rhizome of peony in the buttercup family, more fat, fusiform or cylindrical in shape, black-brown in color, with shorter leaves at the top, and hairless cover on both sides of the leaves.

Erythroxylon

Erythroxylon Characteristics

Erythroxylon itself is a perennial herb of the buttercup plant Paeonia lactiflora, which is cylindrical in shape and also black-brown in color.

Illustration of the difference between red peony and white peony

White peony

Red peony