What are the medicinal values ​​of aconite?

Traditional Chinese medicine is quite common in our lives. It is very effective in treating diseases. However, when choosing traditional Chinese medicine, we should also choose according to our own needs. This will help us treat diseases well. Aconite is a relatively common traditional Chinese medicine, but many friends do not know about some of the effects of aconite. So what is the medicinal value of aconite?

1. To restore yang and rescue the adverse condition. It is used for the syndrome of yang loss, with symptoms of spontaneous cold sweat, cold limbs, and weak pulse. It is mainly due to the exhaustion of Yang Qi in the kidneys and heart. This product can help the heart yang to dredge the meridians, replenish the kidney yang to benefit the fire, and save the lost Yuan Yang. It is the "number one medicine for restoring yang and rescuing adverse conditions." If used alone, it is not strong enough, so it is often used together with dried ginger and licorice to enhance the effect of restoring yang and rescuing from adverse conditions, namely Sini Decoction (dried grass and fresh ginger reduce toxicity, kill the toxicity of aconite, and enhance the effect of restoring yang and rescuing from adverse conditions. Aconite is slower in restoring yang than dried ginger, so some books say that dried ginger tends to move while aconite tends to defend). Clinically, there is often concurrent Yang Qi deficiency. If the patient suffers from Yang deficiency and Qi deficiency, with profuse sweating, shortness of breath and rapid breathing, then only the Yang can be restored, which has no specific effect on the deficiency of vital energy. Therefore, it is combined with ginseng, which greatly replenishes vital energy, to restore Yang and consolidate deficiency, which is called Shenfu Decoction.

2. Replenish fire and assist yang. Replenish fire means replenishing the fire of the Mingmen. The fire of the Mingmen is the Yuanyang and kidney yang of the human body. Used for Yang deficiency syndrome. This product can warm the yang of the whole body and is suitable for those with yang deficiency such as kidney, spleen, heart and those with weak Wei Yang. If the kidney yang is deficient, the kidney yang is insufficient, and the fire of the gate of life is weak, there will be symptoms of impotence, cold uterus, fear of cold, cold body, cold pain in the waist and knees, slow growth and development, and premature aging; if the kidney does not control water and there is edema, clear and long urination, frequent urination at night, and enuresis, it is often used together with cinnamon, rehmannia, cornus officinalis, etc., such as Guifu Bawei Pills. The kidney governs reproduction, and reproductive and sexual functions are reduced; the kidney cannot absorb air, resulting in rapid breathing, more out than in, and weak wheezing; the kidney cannot warm the spleen yang, spleen and kidney yang deficiency, diarrhea, long-term diarrhea, spleen and kidney yang deficiency, water retention in the body, and difficulty urinating, limb edema. It can help yang and transform qi, and is often used together with spleen-strengthening and diuretic medicines such as Atractylodes and Poria, such as Zhenwu Decoction. For patients with insufficient heart yang and symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath, chest pain and heart pain, it can be used together with ginseng, cinnamon twigs, etc. For those who suffer from spontaneous sweating due to Wei Yang deficiency, it can be used together with Astragalus and cinnamon twig. But the most effective and useful thing is to improve the body's inability to warm up. It also treats spleen yang deficiency, cold and dampness in the body, cold pain in the abdomen, loose stools, and loss of appetite. It nourishes both the spleen and kidneys, and is often used with Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, and dried ginger, such as Fuzi Lizhong Decoction. It can also be used for heart yang deficiency, mild spontaneous sweating, palpitations or chest pain, and symptoms of cold, and can be used in combination with cinnamon and cassia twigs which can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis or warm the heart. In addition, it can be used together with astragalus for weak Wei Yang and continuous spontaneous sweating.

3. Dispel cold and relieve pain, warm the middle and warm the meridians. Widely warms the body and dispels cold. It warms the middle and is used for stomach cold, spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, and is also used for excessive cold evil in the symptoms of cold pain in the abdomen; it warms the meridians and can be used for cold pain and headache caused by meridians being affected by cold. It also has an effect of removing rheumatism similar to that of aconite. It can remove rheumatism, dispel cold and relieve pain for rheumatism and cold arthralgia, especially for those with yang deficiency, but it is not as good as aconite in removing rheumatism. It can be used as long as there is cold, regardless of whether it is real or false. For positive syndrome, the purpose is to warm the interior, dispel cold and relieve pain, while for negative syndrome, the purpose is to warm and replenish Yang Qi.

Used for arthralgia. This product is pungent, dispersing, warming and unblocking, and has a strong effect of dispelling cold and relieving pain. It is suitable for those with excessive cold and dampness, and severe pain in the joints all over the body. It can be used together with cinnamon twig, white atractylodes, etc., such as liquorice and aconite soup.

Effects of Chinese herbal medicine Aconite (pharmacology)

This product mainly contains biological alkaloids such as aconitine, methenyl aconitine, etc., as well as lipids, organic acids and trace elements. It has cardiotonic, anti-arrhythmic, anti-myocardial ischemia and hypoxia, antibody-killing, immune function enhancement, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anticoagulant, anti-thrombotic, and central nervous system inhibitory effects. The aconitine it contains is poisonous. In poisoning, symptoms include slow heart rate, conduction block, ventricular extrasystoles or ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, and in severe cases, convulsions, coma, and even death.

1. This product contains aconitine, hypoaconitine, taraamide, aconitine A, aconitine B, racemic demethyl aconitine, and aconitine. The decoction of aconite has obvious cardiotonic effect, and the cardiotonic effect of cooked aconite is stronger. The longer the decoction is, the more significant the cardiotonic effect is and the lower the toxicity is. Its cardiotonic effect is closely related to the racemic demethyl aconite it contains. The oral decoction has obvious anti-inflammatory effect on formaldehyde-induced and egg white-induced joint swelling in rats. The aconitine and aconitine contained in it have analgesic and sedative effects. The decoction of aconite has the effect of resisting myocardial ischemia and hypoxia. The water-soluble part of aconite can counteract the inhibitory effect of endotoxin on the myocardium and the sharp decrease in blood pressure during shock. Raw aconite can cause a decrease in blood pressure and heart rate in rats. Aconite injection can improve the humoral immune function of mice and the serum complement content of guinea pigs. It has a stimulating effect on the pituitary-adrenal cortex system and promotes blood coagulation. The demethyllindermine contained in it can significantly reduce renal blood flow and reduce sodium excretion in urine. Aconitum, Aconite and aconitine can stimulate local skin, mucous membranes and sensory nerve endings, first causing excitement to produce itching and heat, and then anesthesia and loss of consciousness.

2. This product is poisonous and may cause poisoning if taken internally. Symptoms of poisoning usually appear 10 minutes to 2 hours after taking the medicine. In mild cases, there is numbness of the mouth, tongue and whole body, nausea and vomiting, a heavy feeling in the chest, and shortness of breath. In moderate cases, there is irritability, sweating, pale complexion, cold skin, convulsions in the limbs, difficulty breathing, low blood pressure, and irregular heart rhythm. In severe cases, there is cyanosis of the lips and fingertips, confusion or coma, and even death from circulatory or respiratory failure. Poisoning rescue: for mild poisoning, you can use 60g of mung bean, 6g of coptis root, 15g of licorice, 15g of ginger, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar, decocted in water or taken through the nose; you can also use 50-120g of honey, taken with cold boiled water; for severe poisoning, use large doses of atropine for rescue.

3. There are many causes of aconite poisoning, including unclear medicinal material species, improper processing methods, excessive oral dosage, too short decoction time, and the body's sensitivity to the drug. Among them, the most important or common cause is too short decoction time. Therefore, when taking aconite decoction internally, it must be decocted until there is no numbness in the mouth to avoid poisoning. Long-term decoction has certain effects on analgesia and anti-inflammatory effects, but does not affect the cardiotonic effect.

The above is an introduction to the medicinal value of aconite. If you need to choose this type of medicine, you should have a detailed understanding of its efficacy and effects, so as to avoid bringing some adverse effects to the body when using it, and know when it is better to use it, which will also be more beneficial to the development of the body.