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Aconiti Lateralis,Rx,Praeparata
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Pin Yin: fu zi
Common name: monkshood root
Botanical family: Ranunculaceae
Botanical name: Aconitum carmichaeli Debx.
Primary action: Warm Interior
Secondary actions:
Supplement Yang
Temperature: very hot
Taste: sweet, acrid, toxic
Entering Channel: Ht, Sp, Kd
Actions:
Restores Collapsed Yang.
Warms Kidney Fire; used in seminal emission or impotence due to Kidney Yang
Vacuity, edema with either excessive or insufficient but clear urine.
Warms Kidney and Spleen; used in Vacuity of Kidney and Spleen Yang.
Expels Cold, warms Channels and relieves pain.
(See
Collapse of Yang
;
Interior-Cold-Vacuity (Vacuity
of Yang)
;
Spleen Yang Vacuity
;
Interior Cold
.)
Dosage:
0.5-3 qian.
Toxicity:
Contains a toxic alkaloid, aconitine, which is converted to aconine after
prolonged cooking; aconine is only slightly toxic. Many varieties of Rx
Aconiti sold commercially are already pre-cooked and then dried. However,
to be absolutely safe, I recommend that one assume that commercially obtained
Rx Aconiti always needs to be pre-cooked at least 1hours.
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