What is the function of black aconite

In life, we will encounter many physical problems. Physical problems mean that the body is already ill and must be treated in time. As for treatment, there are both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine to choose from. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment generally involves patients taking some Chinese medicinal herbs to relieve the symptoms of the disease by conditioning the body, thus playing a good therapeutic role. Black aconite is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. What is its function?

Black aconite

【Function】: Restore yang and rescue adverse conditions, warm and nourish the spleen and kidneys, dispel cold and relieve pain. Very spicy and hot, warms the yang and expels cold.

【Nature and flavor】: Very pungent and very hot. poisonous

【Meridian】: Heart, spleen, kidney.

[Usage and Dosage]: 1 to 3 grams. It is generally believed that it is best to fry it first.

【Use Note】:

【Drug name and preparation】:

Processed aconite, black aconite block, cooked aconite, light aconite slices (they are tubers of aconite, soaked in brine (i.e., brine) for medicinal use, then rinsed with clean water and cooked with tofu, then the tofu is removed and dried. (Other places have different processing methods, such as cooked aconite slices, yellow aconite blocks, and bright aconite blocks, but they are no longer distinguished in Shanghai.) Raw aconite, salted aconite (they are tubers of aconite, processed in brine, washed, sliced, dried and used as medicine. Raw aconite is more toxic than cooked aconite slices, so its use must be strictly controlled and is generally only for external use.)

【Example】:

Sini Tang (Treatise on Febrile Diseases): Aconite, dried ginger and licorice are used to treat Shaoyang cold disease, in which Yin and cold are excessive inside the body and Yang Qi is about to escape, with abdominal pain and diarrhea, cold limbs and a weak pulse. [Poisoning and treatment] Aconitine first excites and then paralyzes various nerve endings and central nervous systems. Lethal dose: 2 ml of Aconitum tincture, 2 mg of Aconitine. Symptoms: First there is numbness of the lips and tongue, nausea, numbness of the hands and feet, followed by irregular movements, vomiting, palpitations, pale face, cold skin, chest tightness, irritability, decreased pain sensation, slow and weak heartbeat, decreased blood pressure, slow breathing, difficulty swallowing, speech disorders, and inhibition of the respiratory center. Occasionally there are convulsions and acute cardiogenic cerebral ischemia syndrome. Death may occur suddenly. Treatment: Gastric lavage with potassium permanganate, keep warm, and inject a large dose of atropine. For patients with severe paralysis, stimulants, inhalation, artificial respiration, and infusion are given. Shock can be treated with ephedrine,

【Application】 :

1. Used for symptoms such as syncope, loss of yang, and weak pulse. Aconite is pungent and hot, and is mainly used for spontaneous cold sweat, cold limbs, weak pulse, or severe sweating, vomiting, and severe coldness. It is often used together with ginseng, dried ginger, and roasted licorice. If the patient is sweating profusely, with loss of yang and coldness, in addition to aconite and ginseng, you must also add dragon bone, oyster and other astringent and sweat-retaining drugs; if heavy bleeding causes cold hands and feet, sweating and weak pulse, you can use ginseng, aconite, dragon bone, oyster together with Ophiopogon japonicus and Schisandra chinensis to restore yang and save yin.

2. Used for symptoms such as kidney yang deficiency, fear of cold and cold limbs, spleen yang deficiency, abdominal pain, and loose stools. Aconite can replenish Yuan Yang and benefit the source of fire. It can be used for all symptoms of kidney yang deficiency, weakened vital fire, fear of cold and cold limbs, impotence, and frequent urination. It is often used together with cinnamon, rehmannia, dodder seed, and cornus fruit. For symptoms of spleen yang deficiency, cold pain in the abdomen, and loose stools, aconite can be used together with drugs such as Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, dried ginger, and roasted licorice that can benefit qi and warm the spleen.

3. Used for symptoms such as wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, pain in bones and joints all over the body. Aconite has warm properties and can dispel cold and dampness. Therefore, it has a good effect of dispelling cold and relieving pain for those with rheumatic pain caused by a predominance of cold. It is often used together with cinnamon twig and other products.

However, we would like to remind everyone that if you do not suffer from any illness, you should not take any Chinese herbal medicine, including Black Aconite. Although the medicinal properties of Chinese herbal medicines are not as strong as those of Western medicines, taking Chinese medicine without any illness may cause disorders in various body functions and may also easily produce some side effects.