Do you know the effects and functions of red and white peony root?

Although peony is a kind of flower, it is also a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. However, many friends who don’t know much about it think that it is a variety of it after hearing about red and white peony. In fact, the so-called red and white peony is a general term for red peony and white peony, and the pharmacology of these two different types of peony is completely different. So let’s take a detailed look at the specific effects and functions of red and white peony here.

Red and white peony roots are like the red rose and white rose in pharmacology. They have the same name but different pharmacology. Therefore, when using them, we must pay attention to distinguish their specific effects before using them to avoid adverse situations. From a botanical perspective, white peony root and red peony root belong to the same plant family, Ranunculaceae, and are almost the same species, so they can be said to be from the same family. Today, the two have been clearly distinguished from a pharmacological perspective.

Effects of Red Peony Root

Red peony root tastes bitter and is cool in nature. It has the effects of removing blood stasis, relieving pain, cooling blood and reducing swelling. It has a good therapeutic effect on intestinal bleeding, irregular menstruation, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, red and swollen eyes, abdominal pain, and flank pain. Pharmacological analysis shows that peony contains paeoniflorin, benzoic acid, volatile oil, resin, sugar, starch, etc., which have inhibitory effects on Shigella dysenteriae and Staphylococcus, and have analgesic, sedative and anticonvulsant effects.

White peony root is the root of the perennial herbaceous plant Paeonia lactiflora of the Ranunculaceae family, without the outer bark. It is cool in nature and has basically the same effects as red peony root. It is traditionally used for yin deficiency fever, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, and is mainly used to treat dizziness, headache, chest and flank pain, dysentery abdominal pain, appendicitis abdominal pain, gastrocnemius spasm, dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation.

White Peony Effect

Modern pharmacological research has found that the main active ingredient of white peony root is paeoniflorin. This ingredient has many functions such as increasing coronary flow, improving myocardial blood flow, dilating blood vessels, fighting acute myocardial ischemia, inhibiting platelet aggregation, sedation, analgesia, pain relief, anti-inflammatory, and anti-ulcer; especially in enhancing the body's immune function, it has a good effect. Further studies have shown that white peony root has a protective effect on liver macrophage damage and can increase the phagocytic function of peritoneal macrophages by 30%, thereby enhancing the body's resistance. It is also confirmed that fried white peony root is good for nourishing blood, while raw white peony root is good for calming the liver.

After understanding the effects and functions of red and white peony root, I believe that when you buy it again, you can choose a more suitable variety according to your needs. However, I need to remind you here that white peony root is cold in nature, so if you have a cold uterus or a weak and cold constitution, it is best not to eat it. You must remember this.