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title: "Bai Shao"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/409/bai-shao"
---

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# Bai Shao

### Paeoniae Radix alba

_bitter, sour, mildly cold_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Tonify Blood**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Irregular menstrual cycle
- Vaginal discharge
- Menorrhagia
- Pale
 - Face
 - Lips
 - Eyelids
 - Nail beds
- Rib side pain
- Abdominal pain
- Headache
- Dizziness
- Spermatorrhea
- Excess sweating

Bai Shao is bitter, sour, and mildly cold. It enters the liver and
spleen systems. Although it is not considered sweet, it has a
tremendously nourishing effect on the blood especially in relation
to liver blood. It is said that Bai Shao softens the liver while Chai
Hu soothes the liver.

Bai Shao’s relationship to liver function allows it to treat many
gynecological disorders involving menstrual irregularities.
43DR. CASSONE
Bai Shao also enters the spleen to harmonize the relationship
between the liver and the spleen systems. This pattern may
include biliary congestion causing reduction in digestive function
in particular with fats.

**Channels:** liver, spleen

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Anemia
 - Subclinical
- Headache
 - Liver blood deficiency
- Biliary congestion
 - Liver phase II
- Abdominal distention
 - Poor splenic function
- Constipation
 - Dryness in the intestines due to blood deficiency
- Dry skin
 - Blood deficiency
- Dry hair
 - Blood deficiency
- Vaginal dryness
 - Hormone dysregulation
- Immune support
- Irregular menstrual cycle
- Dysmenorrhea
 - Liver blood flow
- Hepatomegaly
- Vertigo
- Tinnitus
- Antimicrobial
- Vasodilation
- Low libido

**Formulas:**
- Ai Fu Nuan Gong Wan
- An Chong Tang
- An Tai Yin
- Ba Zhen Tang
- Bai He Gu Jin Tang
- Bai Zhu Shao Yao San
- Bao Yin Jian
- Bu Gan Tang
- Bu Shen Yi Gan Tang
- Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang
- Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang
- Chai Hu Shu Gan San
- Da Chai Hu Tang
- Da Ding Feng Zhu
- Da Qin Jiao Tang
- Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San
- Dang Gui Ji Xue Teng Tang
- Dang Gui Shao Yao San
- Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
- Dang Gui Yin Zi
- Diao Gan Tang
- Ding Jing Tang
- Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang
- E Jiao Ji Zi Huang Tang
- Fang Feng Tong Sheng San
- Fu Zi Tang
- Ge Gen Jia Ban Xia Tang
- Gu Chong Wan
- Gu Jing Wan
- Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
- Gui Zhi Jia Ge Gen Tang
- Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
- Gui Zhi Jia Shao Yao Tang
- Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
- Gui Zhi Tang
- Hei Xiao Yao San
- Hu Qian Wan
- Huang Qi Gui Zhu Wu Wu Tang
- Huang Qi Jian Zhong Tang
- Jian Ling Tang
- Jiao Ai Tang
- Jing Qian Fang
- Juan Bi Tang
- Kai Yu Zhong Yu Tang
- Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang
- Ping Gan Kai Yu Zhi Xue Tang
- Ren Shen Yang Rong Tang
- Ren Shen Zi Xue Tang
- Rou Fu Bao Yuan Tang
- San Jia Fu Mai Tang
- Shao Yao Tang
- Shen Qi Si Wu Tang
- Shi Quan Da Bu Tang
- Shu Gan Tang
- Shu Jing Huo Xue Tang
- Si Ni San
- Si Wu Ma Zi Ren Wan
- Si Wu Tang
- Tai Shan Pan Shi San
- Tao Hong Si Wu Tang
- Tong Xie Yao Fang
- Wan Dai Tang
- Wen Yang Bu Gan Jian
- Wu Ji San
- Xia Ru Yong Quan San
- Xiao Jian Zhong Tang
- Xiao Qing Long Tang
- Xiao Yao San
- Xuan Yu Tong Jing Tang
- Yang Jing Zhong Yu Tang
- Yang Yin Qing Fei Tang
- Yi Yin Jian
- Zhen Gan Xi Feng Tang
- Zhen Ren Yang Zang Tang
- Zhen Wu Tang
- Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang

**Contraindications:** do not combine Bao Shao with Li Lu

**Zoo Image:** a bat wearing a yin preserver is crossing the N & P Bridge in the
moonlight while giving a liver troll with liver and spleen gloves and a
headache flowers

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