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Pin Yin: bai shao
Common name: white peony root
Botanical family: Ranunculaceae
Botanical name: 1, Paeonia lactiflora Pall.; 2, P. albiflora Pallas var. trichocarpa Bunge
Primary action: Supplement Blood
Secondary actions:
Supplement Yin;
Astringe
Temperature: cool
Taste: sour, bitter
Entering Channel: Lv, Sp
Actions:
Nourishes Blood; used especially for menstrual disharmonies.
Pacifies Liver and alleviates pain; used for Depressed Liver Qi and
for Liver Spleen disharmony.
Restrains Yin; used in leukorrhea and seminal emission.
Harmonizes Nutritive and Protective Qi; used in Exterior Wind with Vacuity
where sweating does not resolve the .
(See
Vacuity of Blood
;
Liver Qi Depression
;
Liver Invading Spleen
;
Leakage of Essence
;
TaiYang-stage Exterior Wind
.)
Dosage:
2-5 qian.
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