Red peony and yujin are different in terms of the original plant, medicinal properties, efficacy and indications.
Paeonia lactiflora is the dried root of Paeonia lactiflora or Paeonia lactiflora in the buttercup family; Yujin is the dried tuberous root of Zingiberaceae plants, such as Wen Yujin, Curcuma longa, Curcuma longa in Guangxi, or Curcuma longa in Pong. In terms of medicinal properties, Paeonia lactiflora is bitter in flavor, slightly cold in nature, and belongs to the liver meridian; Yujin is pungent and bitter in flavor, cold in nature, and belongs to the liver, heart and lung meridians.
In terms of efficacy and indications, Radix Paeoniae Alba has the efficacy of cooling blood and clearing heat, relieving pain and dissipating blood stasis, and can be used in diseases such as heat entering the camping blood (the degree of invasion of heat into the human body is deep, and the symptoms are more serious), blood-heat epistaxis (vomiting of blood and bleeding from the nose due to blood-heat), bruises, injuries from falling and thrashing, liver-depressing coercive pain (pain in coercive and rib regions), dysmenorrhea and menstrual occlusion, eye-redness, pain, and carbuncle, swollen, sores, and other diseases.
Yu Jin has the effects of activating blood circulation, relieving pain, promoting qi circulation and relieving depression, clearing the heart and cooling the blood, inducing diuresis and eliminating jaundice, and can be used in fever, epilepsy, epilepsy, stabbing pain in the chest and ribs, and menstrual disorders.
Adverse effects of Radix Paeoniae Alba are not known, pregnant women should be cautious, and should not be used with Veratrum; Uljin should not be used with Clove and Mother Clove, and adverse effects are not known. Please do not use the drugs by yourself.