What is Aconite

Traditional Chinese medicine is very common. There are many types of traditional Chinese medicine. When choosing traditional Chinese medicine, you need to be careful not to use it arbitrarily, otherwise it will not be very good for the body. Especially for some types that you don’t know much about, you should use them with caution. In this way, you can have good protection for all aspects of the body and your health will not be damaged. So what is aconite?

Many people don’t know much about what aconite is. It is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, and it is also called Wuyao. It is very effective in treating diseases, and you can choose it with confidence, which will help improve the disease.

What is Aconite?

Aconite, also known as monkshood, alias: Aconitum carmichaeli Debx., is a processed product of the subroot of the plant of the Ranunculaceae family and the genus Aconitum. It is mainly produced in Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan and other places. It is dug up from late June to early August, and the mother root, fibrous roots and mud and sand are removed. It is commonly known as "mud aconite". The processed products are salt aconite, black aconite (black Shunpian), white aconite, light aconite and cooked aconite. It is a warming medicine. The best traditional Chinese medicine for restoring yang and rescuing patients.

Functions and indications: Restore yang and rescue adverse conditions, replenish fire and assist yang, dispel cold and remove dampness. It is used to treat excess Yin suppressing Yang, profuse sweating and loss of Yang, vomiting, diarrhea, syncope, cold pain in the heart and abdomen, spleen diarrhea and cold dysentery, beriberi and edema, slow convulsions in children, wind-cold and dampness arthritis, paralysis and cramps, impotence and cold uterus, yin carbuncle, sore and fistula, and all diseases caused by deep and chronic cold.

The above is an introduction to what aconite is. When choosing this type of medicine, you need to understand its usage. Moreover, when choosing it to treat human diseases, it needs to be boiled, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve the desired effect. In this regard, you also need to understand it. When purchasing aconite, you also need to go to a regular pharmacy.