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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Paeonia lactiflora (Paeoniaceae)

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Common name(s)
Bai Shao

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Bactericide China Li, C.P. 1974. Chinese Herbal Medicine. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-732.
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Cancer(Cervix) China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Convulsion China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Diarrhea China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Dysmenorrhea China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Fungicide China Li, C.P. 1974. Chinese Herbal Medicine. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-732.
Hepatitis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Menoxenia China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Tumor(Lung) China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Vertigo China Lost Crops of the Incas.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.