Łódź, Botanical Garden

It grows naturally in warm-temperate to cold China, including Manchuria, and in Korea, Japan, Far Eastern Russia (Primorsky Krai) and on Sakhalin. Ornamental plant. Herbal plant - a tea made from the dried crushed petals of various peony species has been used as a cough remedy, and as a treatment for haemorrhoids and varicose veins; the root is analgesic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, diuretic, febrifuge and sedativ.