Chinese: shao yao
English: Chinese peony root
Pharmaceutical: Paeoniae Radix
Properties: Bitter, sour, sweet, slightly cold
Standard Species: Paeonia lactiflora Pall.
Shakuyaku (Photo by TH Tanaka)
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Diagnosis
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- Abdominal Diagnosis
- Abdominal Fullness (Fukuman)
- Blood Stasis signs (Oketsuten)
- Fullness in the chest and hypochondrium (Kyokyokuman)
- Lower abdominal contracture (Shofukukokyu)
- Lower Abdominal Cramp (Shofukukyuketsu)
- Lower Abdominal Fullness (Shofukuman)
- Lower Abdominal Hardness and Fullness (Shofukukoman)
- Lower abdominal numbness (Shofukufujin)
- Midline Lead (Seichushin)
- Palpitations above/besides/below (Saijyoki, Saiboki, Saikaki)
- Pressure Tenderness on Umbilicus (Saitsu)
- Rectus tension (Fukuchokukinrenkyu)
- Stomach splashing sound (Shinsuion)
- Stuffiness and rigidity below the heart (Shinkahiko)
- Visible Peristalsis (Zendofuon)
- Pulse Diagnosis
- Tongue Diagnosis
- Abdominal Diagnosis
- Diagnosis
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