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Paeonia californica | California peony | Medicinal Uses

View photos of the medicinal plant Paeonia californica (California peony), profiled in Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest.

A passage from Medicinal Plants of the American southwest:

Western peony’s two primary areas of influence are the uterine and bronchial areas. To these regions the plant is decidedly antispasmodic, lessening to tissue irritation, and generally sedating.