The efficacy and function of red and white peony root

Red peony root is a Chinese herbal medicine, a type of peony. It comes from the roots of the wild plant peony. It is mostly harvested in autumn. After harvesting, the underground stems and roots are removed, and then the fine sand is washed off and it is dried before it can be used as medicine. So what are the functions and effects of red peony root? If you want to know, you can take a look at my detailed introduction to the functions and effects of red and white peony below.

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The efficacy and function of red and white peony root

1. The efficacy of red and white peony root

Chinese herbal medicines such as red peony root are cold in nature, slightly bitter in taste, can enter the liver meridian, and have multiple functions such as clearing away heat and cooling blood, dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain. They can usually be used to treat various diseases such as vomiting blood, warm toxicity and rash, red and swollen eyes, menstrual pain in women, and bruises, and the therapeutic effect is very significant.

2. Red peony root can treat bloody dysentery

Red peony root has a very good therapeutic effect on human bloody diarrhea and the abdominal pain caused by bloody diarrhea. In daily treatment, you can take 50 grams of red peony root, 50 grams of phellodendron and 50 grams of dandelion, mash them together and sieve powder, then take 15 grams each time and add pulp water to boil, after boiling, take the medicine and take it warm.

3. Red peony root can treat subacute mastitis

Red peony root has a very good therapeutic effect on subacute mastitis, which is common in women. In daily treatment, you can take 50 grams of red peony root and 10 grams of raw licorice, boil them together with cold water, and then take the medicine. If the patient has fever symptoms, you can add appropriate amount of bupleurum and white peony root. In addition, while taking Chinese herbal medicine orally, you should also heat the salt and apply it directly to the wound. This can quickly improve the symptoms of subacute mastitis.

Red peony root tastes slightly bitter and is cool in nature. It has the effects of removing blood stasis, relieving pain, dispersing blood and reducing swelling. It has a good therapeutic effect on intestinal bleeding, irregular menstruation, night sweats, red and swollen eyes, abdominal pain, and flank pain. Pharmacological analysis shows that peony contains paeoniflorin, benzoic acid, volatile oil, epoxy resin, glycogen, tapioca starch, etc., which have inhibitory effects on Shigella dysenteriae and Staphylococcus aureus, and have analgesic, sedative and anticonvulsant effects. Red peony root is the root of the perennial woody plant peony of the Ranunculaceae family, with the epidermis removed. It is cool in nature and has basically the same effect as red peony root. It is traditionally used to treat yin deficiency fever, 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.