The efficacy and function of white peony root

The efficacy and function of the traditional Chinese medicine white peony are very great. We can often see white peony in our lives. Utilizing the medicinal properties and therapeutic properties of white peony will bring us many unexpected benefits in health care. Let's take a look at the traditional Chinese medicine white peony.

【English name】 RADIX PAEONIAE ALBA

【Other name】Peony

[Source] This product is the dried root of Paeonia lactiflora Pall., a plant of the Ranunculaceae family. Dig up in summer and autumn, wash, remove the head, tail and thin roots, boil in boiling water and then remove the skin or peel and then boil, and dry.

[Properties] This product is cylindrical, straight or slightly curved, with flat ends, 5 to 18 cm long and 1 to 2.5 cm in diameter. The surface is off-white or light reddish brown, smooth or with longitudinal wrinkles and fine root marks, occasionally with remnants of brown outer skin. It is solid and not easy to break. The cross section is relatively flat, off-white or slightly brownish red, with obvious cambium rings and radial rays. Slight smell, taste

【Identification】 (1) The powder of this product is yellowish white. There are many lumps of gelatinized starch. Calcium oxalate clusters are 11 to 35 μm in diameter and exist in thin-walled cells. They are often arranged in rows, or one cell contains several clusters. The diameter of the marginated pits and reticulated ducts is 20 to 65 μm. The fibers are long and fusiform, 15 to 40 μm in diameter, thick-walled, slightly lignified, and have large circular pits.

[Preparation] Stir-fried white peony root : Take clean white peony root slices and stir-fry them in a pan until they turn slightly yellow.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, sour, slightly cold.

[return through meridians] Return to the liver and spleen meridians.

[Functions and indications] Soothes the liver and relieves pain, nourishes blood and regulates menstruation, astringes yin and stops sweating. Used for headache, dizziness, flank pain, abdominal pain, cramps in the limbs, blood deficiency and sallow complexion, irregular menstruation, spontaneous sweating and night sweats.

【Usage and Dosage】 6～15g.

【Note】 It should not be used together with Veratrum.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Pharmacopoeia

[Source] Annotations to the Classic of Materia Medica

Everyone should know the medicinal value of white peony. We should pay more attention to information in this area so that we can be prepared when encountering problems and avoid panic.