Chi Shao (Red Peony Root)

Herb 2 of 11 in Herbs that Cool the Blood

Channels:

LIV, SP

Properties:

Sour, Bitter, Slightly Cold

Latin:

Radix Rubrus Paeoniae Lactiflorae

Chinese:

赤芍

Tone Marks:

chì sháo

Translation:

Red Peony

Chinese Herb Actions

• Clears Heat and Cools the Blood
  For heat in the Blood level causing fever, red-purple tongue, skin blotches, and bleeding. Also treats gynecological disorders from hot Blood (dysmenorrhea or menorrhagia).
• Invigorates Blood, Removes, Stagnation and Swelling
  For amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, acute inflammations, abdominal pain and masses. Also used for swelling and stagnation from internal or external injury, rashes, and abscess.
• Clears Liver Fire
  For ascending Liver Fire affecting the eyes, causing redness and swelling.

Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions

• Contraindicated in patients with blood deficiency, and for amenorrhea from cold from deficiency.

Herb-Drug Interactions

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Chinese Herb Toxicity & Overdose

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Chinese Herb Dosage

• 4.5-9 grams.
• Part used: root.

Chinese Herb Combinations:

1. Bai Shao (Radix Albus Paeoniae Lactiflorae)
2. Chi Shao (Radix Rubrus Paeoniae Lactiflorae)

This Herb Appears in the Following Formulas:

• Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang (Tonify the Yang to Restore Five Tenths Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Invigorate the Blood and Dispel Blood Stasis
• Qing Wen Bai Du Yin (Clear Epidemics and Overcome Toxins Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Heat and Relieve Toxicity
• Sheng Ma Ge Gen Tang (Cimicifuga and Kudzu Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Release Exterior Wind-Heat
• Xi Jiao Di Huang Tang (Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Heat from the Nutritive Level and Cool the Blood
• Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin (Sublime Formula for Sustaining Life)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Heat and Relieve Toxicity
• Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang (Drive Out Stasis in the Mansion of Blood Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Invigorate the Blood and Dispel Blood Stasis
• Zai Zao San (Renewal Powder)
  Category: Formulas that Release Exterior Disorders with Interior Deficiency

• Li Lu (Radix Et Rhizoma Veratri)