Red peony and white peony in water can be used to clear heat and cool blood, activate blood circulation and relieve pain.
Radix Paeoniae Alba can clear heat and cool blood, disperse blood stasis and relieve pain. It is used in treating heat in the camp and blood (the degree of invasion of heat into the body is deep and the symptoms are more serious), warm-heat spots (warm-heat toxin invading the body leading to skin spots and plaques), epistaxis, redness and swelling of the eyes and pain, liver depression and dystocia (pain in the area of dystocia and ribcage), menstrual cramps and dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain in the mass in the abdomen, bruises, carbuncle, swollen and ulcerated sores.
White peony can nourish blood and regulate menstruation, astringe yin and stop sweating (astringing yin fluid and reducing sweating), soften liver and relieve pain (treating pain caused by deficiency of liver yin and liver blood), and calm down liver yang. It is used in treating blood deficiency and yellowish color, irregular menstruation, spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the day, aggravated by sweating with slight movement), night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep, sweating stops after waking up), dystocia, abdominal pain, contractural pain in the limbs, headache and dizziness.
The two herbs should not be used together with veratrum. Drinking the two herbs together in water can clear heat and cool blood, activate blood circulation and relieve pain.
However, Chinese medicine is mainly through the role of decoction, so drinking water may be due to the limited release of active ingredients, which will affect the efficacy. And the effect varies from person to person, if there is discomfort, it is recommended to use the medicine under the guidance of a physician, so as to avoid damage to the organism.