Common
Mother Root is the dried parent root tuber of Aconitum carmichaeli Debx.
(Fam. Ranunculaceae).
Action: To
relieve rheumatic conditions and alleviate pain by warming the channels.
Indications:
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.
Precaution:
Be cautious when the unprocessed root is taken orally. Incompatible
with Bulbus Fritillariae, Rhizoma Pinelliae, Rhizoma Bletillae, Radix Ampelopsis,
Radix Trichosanthis.
Transverse
Section of Aconitum carmichaeli Debx.
Transverse
Section of Common Monkshood Mother Root
