Bai Shao
| Bai Shao in TCM:Explore the properties of Bai Shao according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: white peony root
Pharmaceutical Name: Radix Paeoniae Alba
Properties: bitter, sour, cool
Temperature: cool
Channels: SP, LV
Flavors: bitter, sour
Tonifies: blood, yin
Special Properties:
circulates qi, disperses cold, disperses wind, clears deficent heat
Alternate Forms:
- Chao Bai Shao (fried)- nourishes yin
Actions / Indications:
- Nourishes blood; regulates menses (blood deficiency
or yin deficiency with heat, gynecological disorders; menstrual dysfunction,
vaginal discharge, uterine bleeding)
- Calms liver; alleviates pain and spasms (flank, chest,
abdominal pain due to LV qi stagnation or LV and SP disharmony; painful
spasms in abdominal smooth muscle, spasms and pain of hands and feet
due to deficiency, pain with dysenteric disorders, headache and dizziness
due to LYR)
- Preserves Yin; harmonizes ying and wei (exterior
W-C deficiency; spontaneous sweating, night sweats; in combination with
gui zhi to harmonize ying qi and wei qi)
Other Notes:
- Shao Yao was the name used for bai shao
/ chi shao before the end of the Tang dynasty,
when the two were not distinguished from each other
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