芍药

Traditional form:

芍藥

Pinyin (reading):

sháoyào

Definitions:

• Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
• common herbaceous peony
• peony used in TCM

Characters:

• 芍 - peony; water chestnuts
• 药 - drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant

Traditional characters:

• 芍 - peony; water chestnuts
• 藥 - drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant