Prepared
Common Monkshood Daughter Root is the processed daughter root
of Aconitum carmichaeli Dabx. (Fam. Ranunculaceae).
The drug "Yan Fuzi", "Hei Shunpian", "Bai
Fupian".
Action:
To cause restoration
from collapse, to supplement body fire and reinforce yang,
and to dispel wind, cold and damp.
Indications:
Collapse with cold limbs and faint pulse; impotence, frigidity;
precordial and abdominal pain with cold sensation; vomiting
and diarrhea or edema accompanied by aversion to cold and
cold extremities; colds in patients with yang deficiency;
chronic arthritis due to attack of cold and damp (marked by
persistent severe joint pain, fixed in place and accompanied
by heaviness sensation and numbness).
Precaution: Contraindicated
in pregnancy. Incompatible with Rhizoma pinelliae, Fructus
Trichosanthis, Bulbus Fritillariae and Rhizoma Bletillae.
