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Red peony
赤芍药
Red peony (Paeonia lactiflora) is a perennial herb in the Paeoniaceae family.
Its dried root is used in TCM.
Taste, Characteristic, and Meridian
Bitter, slightly cold in nature.
Returns to the liver meridian.
Value in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eliminating pathogenic heat from the blood, dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain.
It is used in treating heat entering the blood, spots caused by pathogenic heat, hematemesis, nosebleed, redness and swelling of the eyes, subcostal pain caused by qi stasis in hepatic system, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain caused by lumps, traumatic injuries,
abscess and skin ulcers.
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