Zhongba Monkshood Daughter Root
Aconitum Carmichaeli
Wu Tou

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acrid; bitter; hot

Part(s) used

Tuberoid

Potential toxicity/side effects

Extremely toxic

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To dispel wind and eliminate damp, warm channels, dissipate cold and relieve pain.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

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