Prepared Common Monkshood Mother Root
Aconiti Radix Cocta, Radix Aconiti Praeparata
Zhi Chuan Wu

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pungent; bitter; hot; toxic

Part(s) used

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

Treatment of joint pain in rheumatic or rheumatoid arthritis, epigastric pain with cold sensation, or abdominal colic due to cold, also used as an analgesic in anaesthesis.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Is no white core in the relatively large and solid root and the taste becomes slightly numb. after removal, dry in the air appropriately, cut into slices, and dry.