White Peony Root also called HANG BAI SHAO. Radix Paeoniae Alba, belongs to the Ranunculaceae botanical family.

Bai Shao Yao was mentioned for the first time in the Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing, the oldest Compendium of Chinese Materia Medica, compil

Class: Tonify
Subclass: Tonify the Blood
Name:
Pinyin: Bai Shao Yao
Pharmaceutical: Radix Paeoniae Lactiflorae
Other names: Sheng Bai Shao Yao, Sheng Bai Shao, Bai Shao
Description: White Paeony Root.
Properties:
Nature: Slightly cold.
Taste: Bitter, acid.
Organ: Liver, Spleen.
Toxicity: Non toxic.
Actions:
Nourishes Blood.
Preserves the Yin.
Nourishes the Liver.
Calms pain.
Calms Liver-Yang.
Comparisons:
Chi Shao Yao relieves pain due to Blood accumulation.
Warning:
Contraindications: Diarrhea from Deficiency Cold.
Note: Chi Shao Yao and Bai Shao come from the same species, Bai Shao is cultivated. Chi Shao Yao is harvested in the wild.
Bai Shao Yao invigorates the Blood and Yin, calm the convulsions. Chi Shao Yao refreshes and removes blood stasis. They are often used together to pain, irritability caused by Liver Qi stagnation or hematoma caused by trauma.