Red
Peony Root is the dried root of paeonia lactiflora Pall.
or Peaonia veitchii Lynch (Fam. Ranuncullaceae).
Action:
To remove heat
from blood,to eliminate blood stasis, and to relieve pain.
Indications:
Maculation in epidemic diseases; spitting of blood,
epistaxis; inflammation of the eye; pain in the chest and
costal regions; amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea; mass formation in
the abdomen; traumatic injuries;boils and sores.
Precaution:
Incompatible with Rhizoma et Radix Veratri.
