The efficacy and function of black giant

Black Macroglia is a very common Chinese medicine and also a very important medicinal material. We need to pay attention to it. Black Artemisia selengensis can be used in combination with other medicines, and we need to take them appropriately according to our physical condition. Let’s take a look at the main effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Black Macrophylla.

【English name】 Siberia Monkshood

[Other names] Giant gentian, black qinjiao, horsetail giant gentian

[Source] Medicinal material source: The root of Aconitum carmichaelii or Aconitum sibirica, Ranunculaceae.

[Original form] 1. Aconitum carmichaelii, perennial herb, 70-100cm tall. The roots are nearly cylindrical, the stems are erect, sparsely covered with recurved short soft hairs, and branched. Leaves are alternate; basal leaves are about 3-celled, with long petioles like the leaves at the bottom of the stem, petioles are 28-50cm long and almost glabrous; leaf blades are kidney-shaped pentagonal, 7-12cm long, 10-20cm wide, base cordate, 3 deeply lobed, deep lobes overlapping each other or slightly separated, central deep lobe cuneate rhombus or rhombus, lateral deep lobes oblique fan-shaped, unequally 2-3 lobes, sparsely covered with short soft hairs on both sides, often falling off and becoming glabrous below. The inflorescence is terminal, 10-30cm long, with 7-20 flowers; the inflorescence axis and pedicel are densely covered with short retroflexed soft hairs, the bracts at the base are 3-lobed, and the other bracts are narrowly linear; the pedicel is 0.8-2.5cm long; the bracteoles are born above the base of the pedicel, 1.5-2.5mm long; the flowers are bisexual and bilaterally symmetrical; the sepals are 5, petal-shaped, yellow or light yellow, short on the outside, nearly straight at the lower edge, 0.8-1cm long; the petals are 2, glabrous, the lip is about 3mm long, the spur is longer than the lip, and it is fisted; the stamens are numerous, glabrous, and the filaments are entire; the carpels are 3, glabrous. Lettuce fruit. Many seeds. The flowering period is July, and the fruiting period is August-September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing on grassy hillsides or sparse woods at an altitude of 420-2200m.

[Properties] Identification of properties: the root is slightly inverted conical or nearly cylindrical, about 10 cm long and 1 cm in diameter. The root head is mostly composed of several roots that are fused and gradually twisted together downwards. The surface is brown, and part of the cork has fallen off, becoming light yellow-white. The body is light, brittle and easy to break. It has a slight odor and tastes bitter and numbing.

[Chemical composition] The root of Aconitum contains lycaconitine, anthranillylycoctonine, ajacine and umbrosine.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; hot; highly toxic

【Functions and indications】Dispel wind and cold; remove dampness and relieve pain. It is used to treat wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, limb pain, cramps in hands and feet, neuralgia, osteomalacia, traumatic injury, cold pain in the heart and abdomen, and external treatment of carbuncle, furuncle

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 2.5-7.5g (reduced dosage for raw product). For external use: take appropriate amount, grind into powder and apply on the skin or grind with wine and vinegar to make juice for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Inner Mongolia Chinese Herbal Medicine": Siberian Aconitum can relieve pain and treat rheumatism.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above content is an introduction to the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Black Macrophylla. I hope it can be of some help to you. The culture of traditional Chinese medicine is profound and extensive. When treating diseases, we need to choose different medicines according to the different diseases to better help the body relieve troubles.