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Red Peony Root
[Medicinal Use] This product is the root of the Ranunculaceae plants peony, grass peony and Sichuan red peony.
[Nature and flavor and meridians] Bitter, slightly cold. Enters the liver meridian.
[Effects] Clears heat and cools blood, promotes blood circulation and disperses blood stasis.
[Clinical Application] 1. Used for febrile diseases, heat entering the blood, fever, red tongue, body rashes, as well as blood heat, hematemesis, epistaxis and other symptoms.
Red peony has the function of cooling blood and dispersing blood stasis. When combined with fresh rehmannia, peony bark, etc., it can clear heat and cool blood, and is used for heat entering the blood and blood heat.
2. Used for amenorrhea, injuries from falls, sores, carbuncles, swellings and other symptoms of qi and blood stasis.
Red peony has a good effect of promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis. When combined with Chuanxiong, angelica, peach kernel, safflower, etc., it can be used for amenorrhea and injuries from falls; when combined with angelica, honeysuckle, licorice, etc., it can be used for sores, carbuncles, swellings and toxins.
[Prescription name] Red peony root, Beijing red peony root (wash, dry, slice)
Stir-fried red peony root (stir-fried, the heat-clearing and blood-cooling properties are slightly reduced)
[Dosage et utilisation générale] Un à trois qian, décoctés et pris.
[Comment] Red peony root can clear the heat in the blood and disperse the stagnant blood. This product has similar functions to moutan bark, so it is often used together with moutan bark. However, moutan bark has better heat-clearing and blood-cooling effects, which can clear the heat in the blood and treat yin deficiency fever; while red peony root can only be used for heat in the blood, and is good at promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis.
[Example of prescription] Red peony root powder “Zhengzhi Zhunsheng”: red peony root, peony bark, white poria, angelica dahurica, bupleurum. Treat women’s qi and blood disharmony, amenorrhea and fever.
Red peony root pill “Shenghui Fang”: red peony root, rhubarb, turtle shell, cinnamon heart, red poria, bupleurum. Treat abdominal pain and constipation.

Red peony root, a Chinese medicine name. It is the dried root of Paeonia lactifora Pa. or Paeonia veitchii Lynch, a plant of the Ranunculaceae family. It is dug up in spring and autumn, and the rhizome, fibrous roots and mud and sand are removed, and then dried in the sun. It tastes bitter and slightly cold. It enters the liver meridian. It has the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
Where is the main medicinal part of red peony root?
Medicinal part of red peony root:
This product is the dried root of Paeonia lactifora Pa. or Paeonia veitchii Lynch, a plant of the Ranunculaceae family.
It is dug up in spring and autumn, and the rhizome, fibrous roots and mud and sand are removed, and then dried in the sun.
Characteristics of the medicinal part of red peony root:
This product is cylindrical, slightly curved, 5~40cm long, and 0.5~3cm in diameter. The surface is brown, rough, with longitudinal grooves and wrinkles, and there are fibrous root marks and horizontal lenticel-like protrusions, and some of the outer skins are easy to fall off. It is hard and brittle, easy to break, with white or pink cross section, narrow skin, obvious radial texture of wood, and some with cracks. It has a slight fragrance, and tastes slightly bitter and sour.
How are red peony root recorded in ancient books?
“Ben Jing”: “It can treat abdominal pain caused by evil qi, remove blood stasis, break up hard masses, treat cold and heat hernia fatigue, relieve pain, promote urination, and invigorate qi.
“Famous Doctors’ Records”: “It can smooth blood vessels, relieve the middle, disperse bad blood, expel evil blood, remove water vapor, benefit the bladder and large and small intestines, eliminate carbuncle swelling, seasonal cold and heat, abdominal pain caused by evil qi, and back pain.
“Southern Yunnan Materia Medica”: “It can purge spleen fire, lower qi, promote blood circulation, break up blood stasis, disperse blood clots, stop abdominal pain, reduce blood heat, attack carbuncle, and treat scabies.
“Pharmaceutical Chemistry”: “It can purge liver fire.

Effets et fonctions
Red peony root has the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain.
What are the main effects and clinical applications of red peony root?
Red peony root is used for heat entering the blood, fever due to toxicity, vomiting blood and bleeding, red and swollen eyes, liver depression and flank pain, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain due to scars, injuries from falls, carbuncle and ulcer.
Warm fever due to toxicity, blood heat bleeding
It is often used with peony bark to treat fever due to toxicity, vomiting blood and bleeding due to blood heat.
Syndrome de stase sanguine
It can be used with bupleurum and peony bark to treat flank pain due to liver depression and blood stasis. .
It can be used with angelica, chuanxiong, and yanhusuo to treat blood stasis, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain due to scars.
It can be used with frankincense and myrrh to treat injuries, bruises and pain.
Treats heat-toxic carbuncle, swelling and ulcer, often with honeysuckle, angelica dahurica, radix trichosanthis, etc.
Red and swollen eyes
Treats red and swollen eyes due to liver meridian heat, photophobia, or eye disorders, often used with chrysanthemum, cassia seed, etc.
What other effects does red peony have?
In my country’s traditional food culture, some Chinese medicinal materials are often widely consumed as food ingredients among the people, that is, substances that are both food and Chinese medicinal materials according to tradition (i.e. edible medicinal substances). According to the documents issued by the National Health Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation, red peony can be used as both medicine and food within a limited range of use and dosage.
The commonly used medicinal diet recipes for red peony are as follows!
·Postpartum lochia does not stop, hematoma rushes to the heart and pierces the pain, and treats various postpartum heart and abdominal diseases: Brassica rapa seeds (fried), angelica, cinnamon heart, red peony equal parts (ground),! Anci wine, 10g.
Amenorrhea, abdominal pain: 100g safflower, 50g angelica, 50g cinnamon, 50g red peony root, 40% edible alcohol.
Women with red and white vaginal discharge, irregular menstruation: 5g red peony root, 3g cyperus, 3g scented tea. Use 250mL boiling water to brew and drink until the taste is light.
Note: The use of Chinese herbal medicines must be treated according to syndrome differentiation and should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. They should not be used at will, and should not be used at will, let alone listen to Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements.
What are the compound preparations containing red peony root?
Buyang Huanwu Decoction replenishes qi, activates blood circulation, and dredges the meridians. It is mainly used to treat qi deficiency and blood stasis syndrome of stroke. Hemiplegia, crooked mouth and eyes, astringent speech, salivation at the corners of the mouth, frequent urination or enuresis, dull tongue, white fur, and weak pulse.
Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction
Activates blood circulation and removes blood stasis, promotes qi and relieves pain. It is mainly used to treat blood stasis syndrome in the chest. Chest pain, prolonged headache, pain like a needle prick and fixed in a certain place, internal heat and depression, palpitations, insomnia, irritability and irritability caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis. Gexia Zhuyu Decoction promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis, promotes qi and relieves pain. It is mainly used to treat blood stasis blocking the diaphragm. Blood stasis and accumulation under the diaphragm; or a lump in the abdomen and under the ribs; or abdominal pain, the pain does not move; or the abdomen falls when lying down as if there is something. Xianfang Huomingyin
clears heat and detoxifies, reduces swelling and ulcers, promotes blood circulation and relieves pain. Daochi Pills
clears heat and purges fire, promotes diuresis and relieves constipation. It is used for mouth and tongue sores, sore throat, chest and heart heat, short and red urine, and constipation caused by internal heat. Niasetong Tablets
regulate qi and promote blood circulation, relieve stranguria and disperse knots. It is used for mild and moderate stranguria caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, damp heat in the lower jiao, with symptoms of poor urination, thin urine flow, frequent urination, and urgent urination; prostate hyperplasia with the above symptoms. Modern research progress on red peony root
This product has multiple pharmacological effects such as anti-endotoxin, anti-thrombosis, anti-platelet aggregation, anti-coagulation, anti-myocardial ischemia, anti-cerebral ischemia, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, anti-gastric ulcer, and liver protection.
Mode d'emploi
Red peony root has the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain. Generally, red peony root slices are used for oral administration. Please follow the doctor’s instructions for specific medication.
How to use red peony root correctly?
When red peony root decoction is taken orally, the common dosage is 6~15g.
Red peony root can be produced into Chinese medicinal material slices such as red peony root, wine red peony root, and fried red peony root through different processing methods. Different processing methods have different effects, but the medication method is the same. Please follow the doctor’s instructions for specific medication.
Red peony root is generally used in decoctions, decoctions are taken, and powders or pills can also be made for consumption. However, the use of Chinese medicinal materials must be differentiated and treated according to syndrome differentiation. It should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. It should not be used at will, and it should not be used at will, let alone listen to Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements.
How to prepare red peony root?
Red peony root
Take the original medicinal material, remove impurities, separate the size, wash, moisten, slice or oblique slices, dry, and sieve out the debris. Stir-fried red peony root
Take red peony root slices, put them in a preheated stir-frying container, heat them over a slow fire, stir-fry until the color deepens, take them out and cool, and remove the debris. Wine red peony root
Take red peony root slices, add yellow wine and mix well, simmer for a while, and after the wine is absorbed, put them in a preheated stir-frying container, heat them over a slow fire, stir-fry until slightly yellow, take them out and cool, and sieve out the debris. (For every 100 kg of red peony root slices, use 12 kg of yellow wine.)
Which drugs should be used with red peony root at the same time with special attention?
It should not be used with Veratrum.
The combined use of traditional Chinese medicine and the combined use of Chinese and Western medicines requires syndrome differentiation and treatment, and clinical individualized treatment.
If you are using other drugs, please consult a doctor before taking them, and inform your doctor of all your diagnosed diseases and treatment plans.
Mode d'emploi
Red peony root is bitter and slightly cold, so it should not be taken by people with amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea due to deficiency and cold
What precautions should be taken when using red peony root?
Red peony root is anti-Veratrum, so it should not be used with Veratrum.
·It should not be used by people with amenorrhea due to cold blood.
·Pregnant women should use it with caution.
During medication, it is necessary to avoid eating cold and raw food, spicy and greasy food, and avoid smoking and drinking.
·Children: Children should take medicine under the guidance of a doctor and under the supervision of an adult.
Please keep the medicinal materials properly and do not give the medicinal materials you use to others.
How to identify and use red peony root?
Red peony root and processed red peony root
·Red peony root is bitter and slightly cold. It belongs to the liver meridian. It has the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain.
Red peony root is better at clearing heat and cooling blood. It is used for blood heat spots, vomiting blood, epistaxis, metrorrhagia and leucorrhea, liver heat red and swollen eyes, carbuncle and ulcer. For example, the rhinoceros horn and rehmannia soup for heat entering the blood,
Red peony root with wine can alleviate the coldness and enhance the effect of promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis. It is used for amenorrhea and abdominal pain, traumatic injury, chest and flank pain, and abdominal pain. For example, red peony pills for chest and flank pain.
Red peony root and white peony root
·Peony is divided into white peony root and red peony root. Although both red peony root and white peony root are slightly cold, their sources, properties, and effects are very different.
Red peony root is a heat-clearing medicine, which is the dried root of Paeonia lactifora Pal. or Paeonia veitchii Lynch, a plant of the Ranunculaceae family. It tastes bitter and belongs to the liver meridian. It is a product of cooling and dispersing. It is good at clearing heat and cooling blood, dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain. It is especially suitable for those with blood heat and blood stasis. It is good at treating liver fire attacking red and swollen eyes, liver depression and fire pain in the ribs, and heat entering the blood, blood heat macules, vomiting and bleeding, blood stasis amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, traumatic injury and fire poison sores. White peony root is a tonic herb, which comes from the root of Paeonia lactifora Pal., a plant of the genus Paeonia in the family Paeoniaceae. It is sour and bitter in taste and belongs to the liver and spleen meridians. It nourishes blood, astringes yin, soothes the liver and relieves pain. It has the functions of nourishing blood, regulating menstruation, astringing yin and stopping sweating, soothing the liver and relieving pain. It is especially suitable for people with yin-blood deficiency and liver hyperactivity. It is good at treating dizziness and vertigo caused by blood deficiency and liver hyperactivity, liver depression and flank pain, as well as blood deficiency and chlorosis, cramps and pain in the limbs or abdomen, as well as blood deficiency and irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, etc. It also treats night sweats caused by yin deficiency.