Kusnezoff Monkshood
Aconitum Kusnezoffii
Bei Wu Tou

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Tuberoid

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To dispel wind and overcome damp, warm channels and dissipate cold, disperse swelling and relieve pain.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Wind-cold-damp impediment, pain in joints, head wind headache, wind stroke with hemiplegia, cold pain in heart and abdomen, cold mounting with pain, knocks and falls, blood stasis swelling and pain, swelling toxin of flat abscess, anesthesia.