Extended data

Paeonia lactiflora is a plant of Celastrus in Asclepiaceae. Perennial herbaceous vines; The root is cylindrical and gray-black. Born in mountain sparse forests or hillside bushes; Distributed in northern Dali and most parts of Yunnan, with an altitude of 1400-2800 meters. Tibet, Sichuan, Guangxi and Hunan also have it.

Medicinal root, spicy and bitter; There is a small poison; It has the effects of warming yang, eliminating dampness, tonifying deficiency and strengthening spleen and stomach. Radix Paeoniae Alba is used to treat rheumatic cold pain, rheumatoid arthritis, lumbar muscle strain, physical weakness, limb convulsion, slow shock, dog bite and other diseases.

morphological character

Perennial herbaceous vines; Roots are cylindrical, gray-black, about 8 mm in diameter; The stem is covered with two rows of hairs. The leaves are opposite, membranous, ovate-lanceolate, 7- 10 cm long, 4-8 cm wide at the base, tapering at the top, deeply eared and heart-shaped at the base, with round drooping auricles and pilose on both sides. Umbrella cymes are axillary, with more than 20 flowers; The outer side of calyx is slightly hairy, and there are 5 glands on the inner side of base; Corolla is white, lobes are oblong and hairy inside.

Corona cup-shaped, slightly longer than Gynostemma pentaphyllum, with 1 small teeth in the middle of the lobe, or folds or notches; Pollen block 1 room, drooping; Stigma slightly 2-lobed. Kelp is dicotyledonous or only 1, short lanceolate, about 8 cm long, 1 cm in diameter, tapering towards the end, narrowing at the base, and the exocarp has straight stripes; Seeds ovoid, 6 mm long and 3 mm wide; The seed hair is as white as silk and 3 cm long. The flowering period is June -65438+ 10, and the fruiting period is August-165438+ 10.

Compound preparation containing Radix Paeoniae Alba

1, Siwutang

Enriching blood and promoting blood circulation. Used for palpitation and insomnia, dizziness, dull complexion, irregular menstruation, oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea, pale tongue and thready and astringent pulse.

2. Bazhen Decoction

Invigorate qi and blood. Can be used for treating pale or sallow complexion, dizziness, weakness of limbs, shortness of breath, palpitation, anorexia, pale tongue with thin and white fur, and thready pulse. Clinically, it is often used to treat the symptoms of deficiency of both qi and blood, such as weakness after illness, various chronic diseases and irregular menstruation of women.

3. Lily Gujin Decoction

Nourishing yin and moistening lung, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. For chronic diarrhea, chronic dementia, spleen deficiency and cold syndrome. Clinically, it is often used to treat chronic enteritis, chronic colitis, intestinal tuberculosis, chronic dementia, dementia syndrome and so on.

4. Real nourishing soup

Stagnation of intestine, warming spleen and kidney. For chronic diarrhea, chronic dementia, spleen deficiency and cold syndrome. Clinically, it is often used to treat chronic enteritis, chronic colitis, intestinal tuberculosis, chronic dementia, dementia syndrome and so on.

5, antelope horn Uncaria soup

Calming the liver and calming the wind, clearing away heat and relieving spasm. Can be used for treating liver wind disorder, headache, tinnitus, palpitation, dysphoria of hands and feet, and postpartum convulsion of pregnant women.