Chi+Shao+Yao+(Red+Peony)

[[image:Chi_Shao_yao.jpg width="248" height="358" align="right"]]Chi Shao Yao (Red Peony) [“Red Peony”]
Category: Clear Heat & Cool Blood Nature: Slightly Cold Flavor: Bitter, Sour Channels: LR, SP

Functions: **Clear heat and cool the blood; eliminates Blood Stasis** for **stopping pain** Ind: 1. Skin eruptions due to invasion of **warm-heat pathogen in the Xue level**, or hematemesis and epistaxis due to heat in the blood 2. Dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea and swelling and pain over body after trauma due to Blood Stasis [**Gyn. Disorders**] 3. Carbuncles and boils due to toxic heat in the blood 4. **Red, swollen eye due to LR fire**

Blood: prevents thrombosis formation, antisclerotic action Heart: Protects heart muscle, increases heart function, decreases pulmonary artery pressure CNS: calming, analgesic, febrifugal effect Other: Antisposmodic of smooth muscle, antineoplastic, anti-inflammatory, antimycotic
 * Pharmaceutical Research:**

Coronary heart disease, cor pulmonale, acute cerebral thrombosis, acute icteric hepatitis, mycotic dermatitis, acute traumatic sepsis and dematitis
 * New clinical uses:**

Dose 6-15g. Contra: amenorrhea due to cold and Yang def.
 * Do not combine w/ Li Lu**

Formulas Containing Shao Yao
Gui Zhi Tang