For more than 1,000 years, the dried root of the white peony has been used in ancient Chinese medicine. It’s traditionally used to treat various ailments, including mental health disorders, ...

If John Parkinson had been around in the first part of the 19th century, he would have realised that you get far more flowers for far longer from P. lactiflora, commonly called the Chinese peony. This ...

In short: The roots of the peony rose have been used in Chinese medicine for thousands of years. The University of Tasmania is trying to help peony growers explore medicinal use to provide a new ...