Red peony, also known as mountain peony or grass peony, has the effects of nourishing Yin, promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, cooling blood, and reducing swelling. So what are the methods of consuming red peony? Let's take a look together with the editor!
Treating dysentery with abdominal pain
Red peony can promote blood circulation and relieve pain. Take 100 grams of red peony and 100 grams of coptis (mixed with honey) and crush them into powder. Take 15 grams of the powder, simmer in water until half, remove the residue, and take it while warm. This formula has a certain therapeutic effect on treating dysentery with abdominal pain.
Treating acute mastitis
Red peony has the effect of cooling blood and reducing swelling, which can treat acute mastitis. Take 50-100 grams of red peony and 10 grams of licorice, decoct them in water and take orally. If there is fever, add scutellaria, platycodon, and a little salt, crush and apply it to the affected area. This has a good therapeutic effect on acute mastitis.
Treating melasma
Take 30 grams of peony flowers, 30 grams of apricot kernels, 30 grams of white atractylodes, 30 grams of white silkworm, and 60 grams of winter melon seeds, grind them into fine powder. Take 5 grams each time, mix with water to form a paste, apply it to the face for 10 minutes, once every night. This formula has the effect of cleansing the face and removing melasma, suitable for adjuvant treatment of melasma.
Treating ectropion
Take 9 grams of raw red peony, 9 grams of black ginseng, 4-5 grams of dried tangerine peel, 9 grams of white fresh skin, 12 grams of raw rehmannia, and 4-5 grams of light bamboo leaves, put them in a pot, decoct in water, remove the residue and drink. This formula has the effect of clearing the spleen and cooling blood, suitable for patients with ectropion caused by trachoma.
Treating rhinophyma
Take 11 grams of red peony, 3 green onions, 15 grams of chuanxiong, 20 grams of peach kernel, 15 grams of red dates, 15 grams of ginger, and 30 grams of white sugar, put them in a pot, decoct in water, remove the residue and drink. This formula has the effects of promoting blood circulation, resolving stasis, replenishing Qi, and relieving itching, and is effective for rhinophyma.
