Bai shao - White Peony Root

White Peony Root
[ bai shao ]
Chinese Herbal Medicine
Other Names: Stir-fried White Peony Root, White Peony Root with Wine, White Peony Root with Vinegar, White Peony Root English Name: Paeoniae Radix Alba Main Functions: Nourishing Blood and Regulating Menstruation, Concentrating Yin and Stopping Sweat, Softening Liver and Stopping Pain, Calming Liver Yang
White Peony Root can help regulate menstrual cycle, improve scanty menstrual blood or abdominal pain during menstruation; relieve abnormal sweating, such as sweating during sleep or menopausal hot flashes; improve stomach bloating and rib pain caused by liver qi discomfort; and relieve dizziness, headache, and irritability caused by liver fire. It is especially suitable for people who have menstrual discomfort, cold hands and feet, and long-term stress.
What are the main effects and clinical applications of white peony?
Used for yellow complexion, menstrual disorders, abnormal bleeding; sweating for no reason during the day, sweating while sleeping; pain in the ribs and abdomen, cramps and pain in the limbs; headache and dizziness caused by excessive liver fire,
Yellow complexion, irregular menstruation, abnormal bleeding:
Treat yellow complexion, dizziness and palpitations, or irregular menstrual cycle, abdominal pain during menstruation, excessive menstrual bleeding or continuous bleeding, often used with Rehmannia glutinosa, Angelica sinensis, and Chuanxiong;
If the yellow complexion is accompanied by symptoms of getting angry and irregular menstruation, it can be used with medicinal materials such as Scutellaria baicalensis, Phellodendron chinense, and Dipsacus asper; if the menstrual bleeding is excessive and does not stop, it can be used together with blood-tonifying and hemostatic medicinal materials such as donkey-hide gelatin and mugwort.
Sweating for no reason during the day, sweating while sleeping:
White peony can astringe and stop sweating. To treat wind fear and sweating after a cold, you can use cinnamon twigs to warm the meridians and dispel cold;
To treat continuous sweating caused by physical weakness, it is often used with astragalus and white atractylodes; if you sweat while sleeping at night, you can use it with dragon bones, oysters, floating wheat and other medicinal materials.
Pain in the ribs and abdomen, cramps in the limbs:
To relieve pain by regulating liver function, it is often used with blood-tonifying and liver-soothing drugs such as angelica and bupleurum to treat pain in the ribs caused by blood deficiency and liver depression, such as the classic prescription Xiaoyaosan;
To regulate liver and spleen function to relieve abdominal pain and diarrhea, it can be used together with white atractylodes, windproof, and tangerine peel;
When treating abdominal pain caused by dysentery, it is used with costus root, coptis root and other heat-clearing and qi-regulating medicinal materials; when relieving cramps in the hands and feet, it is often used with licorice to enhance the analgesic effect.
Headache and dizziness caused by excessive liver fire: It works by nourishing yin blood and calming liver fire. It is a commonly used medicinal material for treating such problems. It is often used with Achyranthes bidentata, daizheshi, dragon bones and other medicinal materials.