It not only nourishes the blood and softens the liver, but is also an essential medicine in gynecology to regulate menstruation, and is a must for treating painful contractures in the limbs. White peony also has a beautiful legend with the divine doctor Hua Tuo. The legend of White Peony and Hua Tuo White peony, also known as white peony, is said to have been planted by the divine doctor Hua Tuo as a specimen to study its various medicinal properties in order to better treat diseases. Once, a foreigner gave Hua Tuo a peony plant, and Hua Tuo planted it in front of his house. When spring came, Hua Tuo tasted the leaves, stems and flowers of this peony and found nothing special about it, so he didn’t bother with it anymore. Late one night, Hua Tuo was reading a book when he suddenly heard the sound of a woman crying. Hua Tuo was puzzled and went out but saw no one but the peony tree. Hua Tuo’s heart moved: Is it the same woman who was crying just now? He looked at the peony, shook his head, and said to himself, “There is nothing peculiar about you, how can you be used in medicine?” Turned around and went back to the house to read a book. When he went out to look, he saw the same peony plant. Hua Tuo felt strange and woke up his wife and told her what had just happened. She looked at the flowers and herbs outside the window and said, “All the plants and trees here have become good medicine in your hands and have saved many people, but this peony has been left alone. Hua Tuo laughed and said, “I have tasted all kinds of herbs, and I know all the medicinal properties clearly. I have also tasted this peony many times, and it really cannot be used as medicine, so how can I say that I have wronged it?” A few days after the incident, Mrs. Hua had a hemorrhage and abdominal pain, and the medicine was ineffective. She hid it from her husband and dug up a decoction of peony root and drank it. In half a day, the abdominal pain gradually stopped. She told her husband about it, and Hua Tuo realized that he had indeed wronged Paeonia lactiflora. Sources and efficacy of white peony Source: Dried root of peony of the buttercup family. Origin: Mainly produced in Zhejiang, Anhui, Sichuan, Shandong and other provinces, are cultivated. Taste: bitter, sour, slightly cold; belongs to the liver and spleen meridian. Effects: Nourishing blood and astringing Yin, softening the liver and relieving pain, calming liver Yang, and stopping sweating. Note: 1. White peony is cold in nature and should not be consumed by people with cold abdominal pain and diarrhea or during measles in children. 2, anti-Quinoa, should not be used together. The use of white peony About the efficacy and role of white peony, a more comprehensive overview is “Dian Nan Ben Cao”: “diarrhea of spleen heat, stop abdominal pain, stop diarrhea, collect liver qi rebellious pain, regulate the heart, liver and spleen meridian blood, soothe the meridian and lower the qi, stop liver qi pain.” Therefore, white peony is clinically used in: 1, liver and blood deficiency and blood deficiency menstrual disorders This product can astringent liver yin to nourish blood, often used with angelica and rehmannia. 2, pain in the chest, hypochondrium and abdomen or contracture of the limbs due to disharmony of the liver and spleen. This product can nourish the blood and soften the liver to relieve pain, and is often used with Radix et Rhizoma Polygoni and Radix Angelicae Sinensis. 3, Headache and dizziness due to hyperactivity of liver blood. This product can nourish blood and astringent yin and calm liver yang, often used with Radix Achyranthes bidentata, Radix et Rhizoma ocimum, Oyster. 4, external wind and cold, Ying and Wei are not in harmony with the sweating and vicious wind, Yin deficiency sweating This product can astringent Yin and Ying, with warming and Yang drugs (such as cinnamon branch, etc.) used together to harmonize the Ying and Wei. The concoction method of white peony In addition, there are several concoction products of white peony, their effects are different targeted, you can choose to use: 1, wine white peony: for white peony tablets with yellow wine dripping and mixing, and then fried dry into the medicine. The coldness is relieved and the blood-activating effect is enhanced. 2, vinegar white peony: for white peony slices with rice vinegar spray, with a gentle fire slightly fried into the medicine. Preferred to astringent liver to relieve pain, nourish the blood to stop bleeding. 3, charred white peony: for white peony slices with a martial fire fried until charred black, sex, removed with water to extinguish the sparks, and then dried into the medicine. Preferred to astringent to stop bleeding.