Tall Monkshood
Aconitum Sinomontanum
Gao Wu Tou

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Root

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To dispel wind and eliminate damp, rectify qi and relieve pain, quicken blood and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Wind-damp impediment pain, swelling pain in joints, knocks and falls, stomachache, distention fullness in chest and abdomen, acute bacillary dysentery, chronic bacillary dysentery, acute enteritis, chronic enteritis, scrofula, sore and boil.