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Aconitum kusnezoffii Rchb.
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English Name |
Kusnezoff Monkshood, |
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Latin name |
Aconitum kusnezoffii Rchb. |
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Family & Genus |
Ranunculaceae, Aconitum |
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Description |
Perennial herbs, 70-50cm tall. Tuber basiconic, usually 2-5 intergrowths, covering skin black. Stem erect. Leaves alternate, palmate divided, central lobes rhombus shaped, small lobes triangular. Inflorescence usually 5, glabrous; bracteoles bar-sharped, calyx 5, upper calyx helmet-shaped, 1.5-2.5cm tall, lateral calyx 1.4-1.7cm long; petals 2, glabrous, with long claw, distance 1-4mm long; stamens numerous; carpels 4-5, follicles usually 5. Flowering: July to August; fruiting: August to September. |
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Distribution |
Growing in meadows, thickets, hillsides and forest margins. Mainly distributed in the provinces of Northeast and North China. The medicinal materials are mainly produced in Sichuan. |
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Part Used |
Medical part: dried leaves. Chinese name: Caowuye. |
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Harvest & Processing |
Harvested in summer when leaves frondent and flowers not open, removed impurities and dried timely. Kept in dried places. |
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Chemistry |
Mainly contains aconitine. |
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Pharmacology |
Anti-inflammatory and analgesic. |
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Properties & Actions |
Pungent, harsh, neutral, mild-toxic.Clearing heat, detoxifying and arresting pain. |
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Indications & Usage |
Used for fever and pyrexia, diarrhea and stomachache, headache and toothache.Oral administration: 1-1.2g., mainly made in pills or powder. Do not use in cases of pregnancies. |
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Examples |
1. Treat swelling pain of throat: fringed pink, wild aconite rootye, denseleaf crazyweed herb in equal amounts. grind into fine powder, 8 fen to 1 qian at each time, decoct in water, and swallow with residue till it is warm or by boiled water, 2 times a day.
2. Treat fever and headache: swampy gentianopsis herb 5 qian, bone fossil of big mammals 4 qian, wild aconite rootye 2 qian, grind into fine powder. Take 8 fen to 1 qian two times daily, swallowing with mint soup. |
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Permanent URL：https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mpid/detail.php?herb_id=D00436 |
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