White Peony Root,Radix Paeoniae Alba,Bai Shao and Red Peony Root,Radix Paeonia Rubra,Chi Shao,Origin,function,Phytochemicals and Modern Researches.

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Botanical Description of White Peony Root.

Peony Root Extract INCI Name Paeonia Albiflora Root Extract CAS 084929-40-8 Paeoniflorin 23180-57-6 White Peony Root Extract Radix Paeoniae Alba Red Peony Root Extract Radix Paeonia Rubra photo picture image This herb is the root of Paeonia lactiflora Pall.(family Ranunculaceae)which is chiefly produced in Zhejiang, Anhui and Sichuan provinces and all white peony is cultivated. The root is dug in summer or autumn and washed clean. After removal of the lateral roots and skin, it is boiled for a short while and then dried in the sun, sliced and used unprepared, stir-baked or stir-baked with wine.

 Characteristics:Root terete, flattened at both ends, 5-18 cm long, 1-2 cm in diameter. Surface reddish brown when the cork removed, with knife-cutting marks. Prepared as transversecutting pieces, cut surface even, nearly white or slightly brown, with marked annular lines and radial vascular bundles. Bitter and sour in taste , slightly cold in nature, and attributive to liver channeL

 Paeollia lactiflora Pallas is a perennial herb, 50-80cm high, with a stout branched root. Leaves alternate and biternately compound, the ultimate segments red- veined, oblong-elliptical.The leaflets are narrow-ovate or elliptical, 8-12 cm long and 2-4cm wide. The petioles are 6-10cm long. Flowers large (5-10cm in diameter), solitary, and red, white, or purple. Sepals 4, herbaceous, persistent. Petals 5-10, larger than sepals. Stamens numerous and anthers yellow; carpels 3-5, many-seeded. Fruit, 3-5 coriaceous few-seeded follicles. Seeds large, subglobose; testa thick.

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