Paeonia, mainly produced in Zhejiang and Anhui provinces, is the dried root of the Paeonia lactiflora, a plant of the Paeoniaceae family. Paeonia has a slightly cold nature, bitter and sour taste. It belongs to the liver meridian and spleen meridian. It has the functions of nourishing blood and regulating menstruation, astringing Yin and stopping sweating, soothing the liver and relieving pain, and calming the liver yang. It is suitable for people with irregular menstruation, abdominal pain during menstruation, excessive menstrual flow, night sweats, spontaneous sweating, pain in the sides and abdomen, pain in the limbs, headaches, and dizziness.
Nourishing blood and regulating menstruation
Paeonia has a sour taste and mainly enters the liver meridian, which is beneficial for nourishing the yin and blood of the liver. It can be used to treat symptoms such as pale complexion due to blood deficiency, dizziness and palpitations, or irregular menstruation and excessive discharge.
Astringing Yin and stopping sweating
Paeonia with its sour taste has the function of astringing and stopping sweating. It can be used to treat symptoms such as excessive sweating and aversion to wind caused by external wind-cold, or continuous sweating caused by deficiency and exhaustion.
Soothing the liver and relieving pain
Paeonia can astringe liver yin with its sour taste, nourish blood and soothe the liver to relieve pain. It can be used to treat discomforts such as chest and rib pain caused by blood deficiency and liver depression, abdominal pain and diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency and liver excess, and pain in the limbs caused by deficiency of yin blood and lack of nourishment in the meridians.
Calming the liver yang
Paeonia can nourish blood and astringe Yin, calming the liver yang. It is commonly used to treat symptoms such as headaches and dizziness caused by liver yang hyperactivity.
Boosting immune function
The decoction of Paeonia can enhance the phagocytic function of macrophages, significantly inhibit acute inflammation and edema, and inhibit the proliferation of cotton ball granulation tissue, which can restore the cellular immunity of cells in a low state to normal.
Relieving spasms and pain
Paeonia has a significant analgesic effect on the contortion response caused by acetic acid, and Paeoniflorin has a good antispasmodic effect.
