The efficacy and role of red peony

Red peony, also known as wood peony, grass peony, red peony, hairy fruit red peony, etc., is red peony or The dried root of Sichuan red peony root has the effects of clearing away heat and cooling blood, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Depending on the place of origin, it can be divided into peony, Sichuan red peony and grass peony. It can be excavated in spring and autumn, remove rhizomes, fibrous roots and sediment, and dry in the sun. Red peony root is often used to treat the symptoms of heat-heated blood, warm-toxic spots, vomiting and bleeding, red eyes, swelling and pain, liver stagnation and hypochondriac pain, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain due to addiction, injuries from falls, carbuncles, sores and other diseases.

What is the difference between red peony root and white peony root?

The main difference between red peony root and white peony root is their different effects. Both red peony root and white peony root can relieve pain. However, white peony root is good at softening the liver and relieving pain, and is often used to treat pain in the chest, flank, epigastrium and abdomen caused by disharmony between the liver and spleen, or acute pain in the limbs. Red peony root is good at promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain, and is often used to treat hypochondriac pain caused by liver stagnation and blood stagnation, dysmenorrhea due to blood stagnation, abdominal pain, bruises, bruises and pain, etc.

White peony root can nourish blood and regulate menstruation, calm liver yang, restrain yin and stop sweating. It is commonly used to treat liver-blood deficiency, pale complexion, dizziness and palpitations, or irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, headache, dizziness and exogenous wind and cold caused by hyperactivity of liver-yang, sweating and wind-cold caused by Yingwei disharmony, and night sweats due to yin deficiency. Red peony root can clear away heat and cool blood, activate blood circulation and dissipate blood stasis, clear away liver fire, and is commonly used to treat spots caused by warm poison, vomiting due to heat in the blood, excess heat and poison, carbuncles, sores, redness, swelling and pain due to liver fire.

Relevant compatibility

1. Blood heat and vomiting nosebleed: red peony root can be used equally with raw rehmannia glutinosa, rhubarb, and Imperata cogongrass root.

2. Congestion due to heat and poison, carbuncles, sores and sores: red peony root can be used equally with honeysuckle, trichosanthin and frankincense.

3. Blood stagnation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, and abdominal pain: red peony root can be used equally with Angelica sinensis, Chuanxiong rhizome, and Corydalis corydalis.