Bai Shao White Peony Root - Chinese Herbal Medicine

• For recovery of qi and blood after acute trauma or accident
• For frequent heavy menstrual cycles
• Pale complexion, fatigue, dizziness from qi deficiency
• Vertigo, palpitations, anxiety from blood deficiency

• Do not confuse with Ba Zheng Wan - which is a clearing formula.

• General yin deficiency signs may present as night sweats, heat in the soles and palms, and flusing.
• Cough/wheezing, possible blood in the sputum, dry and sore throat may present from lung yin and qi deficiency.
• Useful for treating people who quit smoking or those with acute smoke exposure.

• Distension and fullness of the epigastrium usually without pain.
• Borborygmus (gurgling sounds), and diarrhea if spleen qi is affected.
• Vomiting with possible dry heaves due to rebellious stomach qi.

Do not use for epigastric distention due to food stagnation.  Use with caution if patient has yin deficiency.

• For chronic pain due to obstruction (bi zheng) with liver and kidney deficiency.
• For lower back pain often with weakness and/or pain in the knees.
• For arthritis, especially the type affected by cold/damp weather.

• Use with caution during pregnancy.
• Do not use with patients that present with damp heat or excess heat.

• High fever with aversion to cold.
• Thick phlemg that may be both in sinus and chest.
• Vertigo or dizziness that is caused by excess heat.
• Rashes, carbuncles, and other types of skin disorders that are caused by heat.
• Constipation and scanty or dark urine.

• Contraindicated for pregnancy.
• Use with caution for patients presenting with loose stools or diarrhea.

• Irritibility or easily prone to outburts or anger.
• Liver disease such as hepatitis, cirrhosis, fatty liver.
• Jaundice - yellowing of the skin, brittle nails, pale complexion.

• Ovoid foods and drugs that tax the liver such as coffee, alcohol, fried foods, etc.
• Use with caution during pregnancy.

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• For bone disorders includeing osteoporosis and osteopenia.
• May help reduce or prevent further bone loss.

• Derived from the base formula, xiao yao wan, an important formula for liver qi stagnation with herbs added to clear heat.
• Liver qi stagnation - menstrual issues, painful cycles, irregular cycles, breast distention, PMS, acne.
• A range of mild to moderate psychological issues arising from liver qi stagnation such as anxiety, depression, panic disorder, insomnia, anger issues, etc.
• Physical symptoms from liver qi stagnation such as headaches, tightness in the chest, cold hands and feet, various eye issues.

• Uterine bleeding/spotting.
• Abdominal/Uterine/Ovarian cramping.
• Irregular menstruation, history of miscarriage - due to spleen failing to regulate the blood.

• Avoid in cases of beng lou (flooding and spotting) when caused by heat or accompanied with strong heat signs.

• Bruising, sprains, swelling from soft tissue injuries.
• Broken or bruised bones.
• For post surgery recovery.
• For any other type of acute trauma to the body.

• Use with caution in pregnancy.
• Not for long term use.

• Wind-cold-damp bi syndromes in qi deficient patients - joint pain possibly with heaviness of the limbs that generally improves with movement.  Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, gouty arthritis.  With wind-cold-damp patterns other inflammatory conditions such as fibromyalgia.
• Atrophy from qi and blood stagnation - stroke recovery.

Constipation with dry/difficult to expel stools along with frequent urination.

Pulse will be submerged and rapid or floating and choppy and the Tongue will have a dry, yellow coating.

• Fatigue, lethargy, sensation of feeling heavy or cold.
• Low appetite, bloating, borborygmus, loose bowels.
• Impotence, infertility, low libedo.
• Insomnia, night sweats, vivid dreams, nightmares.

• Sinus issues arising from damp-heat pattern in Chinese Medicine - yellow and sticky discharge, sinusitis, rhinitis acute or chronic.
• Sinus headache, decreased olfactory sense.  

• Tonifies both qi and blood and nourishes the heart and calms the spirit - generally used for weakness from longer term or deep diseases such as cancer and for a host of other conditions affecting a broad range of the body and psyche such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and autoimmune conditions such as Lupus, Scleroderma, MCTD.
• Anemia.
• May be used alone or in conjunction with a formula such as yu ping feng wan to enhance immunity - particularly in patients with frequent colds and flus.
• Raynaud's condition in addition to the other connective tissue issues listed above.
• Micturition syncope, nephritis, cancers of the genitourinary tract.
• Male infertility, possibly with Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan, for sperm volume and motility issues.
• Along with other immune benefits, hepatitis C.
• Lung cancer.

• Use with caution or seek an alternative in deficiency cases with very pronounced sensations of coldness.  Part of this is due to the relatively neutral (i.e. non warming) aspects of this formula.

• Cramping and/or muscle spasms that are due to fluid deficiency.
• Frozen shoulder, trigger finger.
• General tightness or cramps especially along the tendons or ligaments.
• Restless leg syndrome for patients who present with yin and blood deficiency as the primary cause.

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• Abdominal and/or Hypochondriac pain, cramps or spasms resulting from liver qi stagnation.
• Alternating chills and fever.
• Nausea, bloating, acid reflux, alternating stools, or IBS like symptoms caused by the liver invading the spleen.

• Use with caution with pregnancy.

• Primarily used for blood stasis with wind-damp in the channels and collaterals characterized by internal deficiency with external excesses - joint pain, muscle aches, numbness and/or pain in the lower extremities (may be severe).
• Wind-cold damp bi-syndrome (i.e. arthritis) - particularly in the lower part of the body, hips, knees, lower back.
• Sciatic pain with the correct underlying pattern.
• Neck pain with the correct underling pattern.
• Fractures that are reluctant to heal, particularly in the lower body.

• Avoid during pregnancy.
• Generally not for long term use and use with caution if at all in deficient patients.

• Coldness in the limbs with simultaneous heat in the body.
• Irritibility, possibly with fullness in the chest or epigastrium. 

• Not for cold extremities from yang or Blood deficiency.
• Use with caution or avoid in very weak patients who cannot sustain the movement that this formula creates.

• The primary base formula for tonifying the blood and regulating menstruation in Chinese Medicine terms - irregular cycles, amenorrhea or long cycles.
• Postpartum issues such as uterine bleeding when arising from blood deficiency.
• General blood deficiency symptoms - dry skin, dry eyes, dry hair, anemia, calf cramping.  Certain version of dermatitis, psoriasis and other skin conditions - diabetic ulcers, etc.
• With the right underlying factors threatened miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy.
• Fertility issues, endometriosis.

• Avoid during the early phases of a cold or flu.

• Diarrhea, particularly with abdominal cramping.
• Diarrhea with alternating constipation.

• Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, excessive uterine bleeding or spotting between cycles. 
• Infertility, history of miscarriage. 

• Use with caution with patients that present with heat signs.

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• Arthritis from damp heat in Chinese Medicine terms.
• Knee issues with kidney and liver systems involvement.
• Lower body pain and/or inflammation - hips, knees, ankles, toes especially when the pain moves around due to interior wind.
• Connective tissue disorders.

• Cold/flu like symptoms such as aversion to cold, cough, clear watery phlegm -from exterior wind cold invasion.
• Wheezing, heavy sensation, edema due to interior water accumulation.

• Not meant for long term use.

• Depression, anxiety, loss of motivation - resulting from liver qi stagnation.
• Fatigue, bloating, changes in appetite from the combination of spleen qi deficiency with liver qi stagnation.
• PMS, breast distention, irregular menstruation and in some cases infertility.

• Use with caution during pregnancy.

• Abnormal vaginal discharge - yellow or green colour, cottage-cheese like texture and foul smelling.
• Painful urination, burning, increased urgency/frequency. 
• Yeast infection.