How long to fry the aconite first

Aconite is also a very common medicine. It has high medicinal value. It is very effective in regulating the spleen and stomach and preventing body pain. It can also warm and nourish the body and cure cold. There are many types of aconite. It can be made into various medicines and can also be added to prescriptions. However, it contains certain toxins, so you cannot use it blindly. You must use the most reasonable method.

Aconite【Name】 : Aconite/Aconite slices/Black aconite

【Classification】 : Warming medicine--unclassified

【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 spicy 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】:

【Name and preparation】 : Processed Aconite, Black Aconite, Cooked Aconite, Light Aconite (It is the root of Aconitum, which is soaked in Bashui (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, yellow aconite, and bright aconite, but Shanghai no longer distinguishes them.) Raw Aconite, Salted Aconite (It is the root of Aconitum, which is processed in Bashui, washed, sliced ​​and dried for medicinal use. Raw Aconite is more toxic than cooked aconite, so its use must be strictly controlled and is generally only for external use.)

[Prescription example]: Sini Tang (Treatise on Febrile Diseases): Aconite, dried ginger and liquorice are used to treat Shaoyang cold disease, with excessive cold in the body and Yang Qi about to escape, and with abdominal pain, 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】: Used for symptoms such as syncope, loss of yang, weak pulse, etc. Aconite is pungent and hot, and is mainly used for spontaneous cold sweat, cold limbs, weak pulse, or profuse sweating, vomiting, and severe nausea. 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, cornus fruit, etc. 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.

[Effects of Aconite] It can restore yang and rescue from adverse conditions, replenish fire and assist yang, dispel cold and remove dampness.