| Pharmaceutical Name: |
Radix Paeoniae Rubra |
| Botanical Name: |
Paeonia lactiflora pall.
Paeonia veitchii Lynch |
| Common Name: |
Red Peony Root |
| Source of Earliest Record: |
Shennong Bencao Jing |
| Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: |
The roots are dug in autumn. After the fibrous roots and rough bark have been removed, the roots are dried in the sun, soaked in water and cut into slices. |
| Properties and Taste: |
Bitter and slightly cold |
| Meridian: |
Liver |
| Functions: |
To clear heat and cold blood
To remove stagnant blood and reduce swelling |
| Indications and Combinations: |
1. Febrile diseases in which exogenous pathogenic heat enters into the nutritive and blood levels manifested as maculopapule, vomiting with blood, epistaxis, and deep red tongue proper.
*Use with Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang) and Moutan bark (Mudanpi).
2. Blood stagnation manifested as dysmenorrhea, acute inflammation with red swelling and pain from external injury.
*Use with Chuanxiong rhizome (Chuanxiong), Chinese angelica root (Danggui), Peach seed (Taoren) and Safflower (Honghua).
3. Boils, carbuncles and furuncles.
*Use with Honeysuckle flower (Jinyinhua) and Forsythia fruit (Lianqiao).
|
| Dosage: |
3-10 g |
| Cautions: |
This herb should not be combined with Black false bellebore (Lilu). |
