Peony

• Traditional-use note: Peony appears in herbal sources around calming and relaxation traditions, often as a decoction. PlantSage presents this as ethnobotanical context, not as medical advice.

  Traditional context only. This reviewed claim keeps the original moderate confidence level, but avoids treatment, disease, dosage, or guaranteed-effect language.

  ▲ ModerateStress & anxiety →0 sources
• Peony is traditionally used in Chinese medicine to support immune function, often prepared as a decoction. It contains compounds like paeonol and paeoniflorin which may have immunomodulatory effects.

  Paeoniflorin has been shown to regulate cytokine production and enhance the activity of immune cells such as macrophages, contributing to its potential role in supporting immune health. However, more research is needed to fully understand these mechanisms.

  ▲ ModerateImmune support →0 sources

Plants you might compare or use together — scored by shared family, common use cases, and growing requirements.

shared use cases

Different families, similar therapeutic role — good for comparing.

Agar Wood

Aquilaria malaccensis

🌱 edible⚕ medicinal2 shared uses

Alaska Violet Aleutian violet

Viola langsdorffii

🌱 edible⚕ medicinal2 shared uses

Anomalous peony

Paeonia anomala

🌱 edible⚕ medicinal2 shared uses

Bao li

Quercus serrata

🌱 edible⚕ medicinal2 shared uses

Brown's Peony

Paeonia brownii

🌱 edible⚕ medicinal2 shared uses

Carmine barberry

Berberis x carminea

🌱 edible⚕ medicinal2 shared uses

Cedar Wood

Cedrela odorata

🌱 edible⚕ medicinal2 shared uses

Darwin's Barberry

Berberis darwinii

🌱 edible⚕ medicinal2 shared uses