Cautions
May increase bleeding risk; avoid with blood thinners; may affect hormone levels; avoid during pregnancy.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Medicinal peony for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Abdominal PainInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Medicinal peony does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit CirculationBenefit LiverBenefit Menstruation
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Paeonia suffruticosa and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.
- Benefit Antimicrobial15 records, 2 in people
- Benefit Circulation20 records, 8 in people
- Benefit Liver27 records, 10 in people
- Benefit Menstruation0 records
- Abdominal Pain1 records
- Inflammation Syndrome98 records, 36 in people
