What are the medicinal values ​​of aconite?

Medicines are a better choice for treating diseases. Different medicines have very good effects on different diseases. Therefore, when we use medicines, we must have a corresponding understanding of the efficacy of the medicines. This will help us treat the disease and make the disease improve as soon as possible. Aconite is a traditional Chinese medicine with relatively high medicinal value. So what is the medicinal value of aconite?

There are many aspects to the efficacy and effects of white aconite. When choosing it, you also need to be careful and not use it casually, otherwise it will cause great harm to human health and make the disease unable to be treated well. This is something you need to pay attention to.

The efficacy and function of white aconite:

The effects and functions of White Aconite include dispelling wind and phlegm, calming convulsions, detoxifying, dispersing nodules and relieving pain. It is used for stroke with phlegm congestion, facial paralysis, slurred speech, phlegm-induced headache, hemicrania, laryngeal congestion and sore throat, tetanus; external treatment of scrofula, phlegm nodules, and snake bites.

Rhizoma typhonii

(English) giant typhoniumh rhizome

Also known as Yubaifu, Niu Nai Baifu, and Hong Nanxing.

It comes from the tuber of Typhonium giganteum engl., a plant of the Araceae family.

Plant morphology: Perennial herb. Leaves are basal, with 1 leaf for 1-2 year old plants and 3-4 leaves for 3-4 year old plants. Leaves are halberd-shaped, 15-35 cm long, 7-30 cm wide, gradually pointed at the apex and arrow-shaped at the base. Petioles are enlarged, semicircular, and expanded into sheaths at the base. The inflorescence stalk grows from the tuber, is cylindrical, slightly flattened on the inside, green with purple longitudinal spots; the spadix is ​​gradually pointed at the apex and tubular at the bottom; the spadix is ​​about 14 cm long, with male flowers at the top and female flowers at the bottom, with a distance of about 2.5 cm between them; the appendages are cylindrical, purple, and do not extend beyond the spadix. Berry red. The flowering period is from June to July, and the fruiting period is from August to September.

Grown under forests or in wet areas of ravines. It is mainly produced in Henan, Gansu and Hubei.

Harvesting: Dig up in autumn, remove the fibrous roots and outer skin, fumigate with sulfur 1 to 2 times, and dry in the sun.

Characteristics: The tuber is elliptical or oval, 2 to 5 cm long and 1 to 3 cm in diameter. The surface is white to yellowish white, slightly rough, with ring marks and root marks, and stem and bud marks at the top. It is hard and white in cross section. Powdery. Odorless, light taste, spicy and pungent.

Chemical composition: The tuber contains β-sitosterol and its glucoside, inositol, mucilage, sucrose, etc.

It is warm in nature and spicy in taste; it is poisonous.

The above is an introduction to the medicinal value of aconite. If we need to choose this type of medicine in life, we can make a choice based on the introduction above. However, when using it, it is best to follow the doctor's advice and knowledge to avoid wrong treatment methods, which will be more effective in improving the disease.