ABSTRACT
The herb is the root of Paeonia lactiflora Pall, of the family Ranunculaceae. It grows chiefly in the Anhui, Sichuan, and Zhejiang provinces of China. The root is dug in autumn or summer, and washed clean after removal of the lateral roots and skin, boiled, dried in the sun, then sliced and used unprocessed or stir baked with rice wine as processed medicine (Jiang Su New Medical college, 1977). https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203050040/86743b54-459f-4502-a9f1-33f21b13726a/content/figpg131_001_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
