The source is from root of Paeonia lactiflora Pall, or several other species of the same genus, family Ranunculaceae. The medicinal material is mainly collected in spring and autumn, dried in the sun and cut into pieces. The crude or the stir-baked can be used.

Medicinal Properties:
Bitter in flavor, slightly cold in nature and attributive to the liver meridian.

Actions:
Clear away heat and cool blood, remove blood stasis and relieve pain.

 

Application
1. For seasonal febrile diseases involving yingfen and xuefen with fever that is severe at night, purplish dark eruptions and macules, crimson tongue and blood-heat syndrome with haematemesis or epistaxis, it is usually combined with Shengdihuang ( Radix Rehmanniae ), Mudanpi ( Cortex Moutan Radicis ) , etc.
2. It is used for blood stasis syndrome manifested as amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, abdominal masses and trauma, and especially suitable for heat stagnation and blood stasis or abdominal pain due to stagnation of blood.