Common Monkshood Daughter Root
Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata
Fu Pian

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Extreme hot; pungent; sweet

Part(s) used

Potential toxicity/side effects

Toxic

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

Treatment of collapse with cold limbs and faint pulse, impotence, frigidity, precordial and abdominal pain with cold sensation, vomiting and diarrhea or edema accompanied by aversion to cold and cold extremities, colds in patients with yang deficiency, chronic arthritis due to attack of cold and damp (marked by persistent severe joint pain, fixed in place and accompanied by heaviness sensation and numbness).

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Treatment of collapse with cold limbs and faint pulse, impotence, frigidity, precordial and abdominal pain with cold sensation, vomiting and diarrhea or edema accompanied by aversion to cold and cold extremities, colds in patients with yang deficiency, ch