 Red
peony (Chishao)
Pharmaceutical Name : Radix Paeoniae Rubra
Botanical Name : 1. Paeonia lactiflora pall.;
2. 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 & Taste : Bitter and slightly
cold
Meridians : Liver
Functions:
1. To clear heat and cool blood;
2. To remove stagnant blood and reduce swelling
Indications & 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.
Red peony (Chishao) is used with Fresh rehmannia
root (Shengdihuang) and Moutan bark (Mudanpi).
2. Blood stagnation manifested as dysmenorrhea,
amenorrhea, acute inflammation with red swelling
and pain from external injury. Red peony (Chishao)
is used with Chuanxiong rhizome (Chuanxiong),
Chinese angelica root (Danggui), Peach seed
(Taoren) and Safflower (Honghua).
3. Boils, carbuncles and furuncles. Red peony
(Chishao) is used with Honeysuckle flower
(Jinyinhua) and Forsythia fruit (Lianqiao).
Dosage: 3-10 g
Cautions & Contraindications:
This herb should not be combined with Black
false bellebore (Lilu). |
