🌿Western Herbalism
Peony Root
Paeonia lactiflora
About Peony Root
Peony Root (Paeonia lactiflora) is a herb used in the Western Herbalism tradition to help with Menopause, PCOS, Women's Health, and Inflammation, among 2 other conditions it addresses. The root is the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Paeonia lactiflora (Chinese peony or common garden peony) is a species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Paeoniaceae, native to central and eastern Asia from eastern Tibet across northern China to eastern Siberia.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Root · internal