| English
Name |
| White
Paeony Root |
| Chinese
Name |
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| Picture |
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| Origin |
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White
Peony Root is the dried root of Paeonia lactiflora
Pall. (Fam. Ranunculaceae). |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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It
is bitter and sour in taste and slightly cold in nature, and
is distributed to the Liver and Spleen Channels. |
| Main
Active Ingredient |
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Paeoniflorin
(C23H28O11) |
| Precaution |
| Incompatible
with Rhizoma et Radix Veratri. |
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Storage |
| Preserve
in a dry place, protected from moth. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Cylindrical, straight or slightly curved, two
ends truncate, 5~18 cm long, 1~2.5 cm in diameter, Externally
whitish or pale reddish-brown, glossy or with longitudinal wrinkles,
rootlet scars and occasional remains of brown cork. Texture
compact, uneasily broken, fracture relatively even, whitish
or pale brownish-red, cambium ring distinct and rays radial.
Odour, slight; taste, slightly bitter and sour. |
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ACTION |
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To subdue
hyperactivity of the liver and relieve pain, to nourish blood
and regulate menstruation, and to check excessive perspiration. |
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INDICATIONS |
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Headache
and dizziness; costal and abdominal pain; spasmodic pain of
the limbs; anemia; menstrual disorders; spontaneous sweating
and night sweating.
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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1.
Tonifying blood and astringing Yin
In treating
irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, metrorrhagia, metrostaxis,
etc. due to deficiency of blood, the drug is often used in
combination with Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Rhizoma Ligustici
Chuanxiong, Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, etc. In treating
exterior syndrome of deficiency with spontaneous sweating
and aversion to wind due to invasion of wind-cold, the drug
can be used in combination with Ramulus Cinnamomi to regulate
the nutrient and defensive systems. The drug can also be sued
to treat night sweating.
2. Nourishing
the liver and relieving pain
In treating
pain of the chest, hypochondrium, stomach, abdomen, etc. due
to dysfunction of liver-Qi, the drug is often used in combination
with drugs for relieving depressed liver such as Radix Bupleuri,
Rhizoma Cyperi, etc. In treating pain of the epigastrium and
abdomen and spasm and pain of the limbs, the drug is often
used in combination with Rhizoma Coptidis, Radix Scutellariae,
Radix Aucklandiae, etc.
3. Nourishing
Yin and soothing the liver
In treating
headache, dizziness, etc. due to deficiency of liver-Yin and
hyperactivity of liver-Yang, the drug is often used in combination
with Radix Rehmanniae. Concha Haliotidis, Ramulus Uncariae
cum Uncis, Flos Chrysanthemi, etc. |
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TIPS |
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The
crude drug is used to astringe Yin, soothe the liver and treat
dysentery. The parched drug is used to nourish the liver, regulate
the spleen and relieve pain. When the drug is parched with wine,
its cold nature is reduced. |
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