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Pharmaceutical name:

英文药名：

Radix  Aconiti  Lateralis Preparata

Biological name:

拉丁學名：

Aconitum carmichaeli Debx.(fu zi, chuan wu 附子﹐川烏)

Aconitum coreanum (Lėvl.) Raipaics  ( 黃花烏頭(關白附) )

Aconitum kusnezoffii Reichb.  (草烏 )

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音：

bushi

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音：

puja

Pron. in Cantonese:

粤語發音：

fu6 zi3

Common Name:

aconite

Distribution:

分佈：

Sichuan, Shaanxi

四川，陕西。

Properties (characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

acrid, hot, toxic

辛﹐熱﹐有毒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

heart, kidney , spleen

心﹐腎﹐脾。

Actions & Indications:

主治：

to restore yang, to improve fire, and to disperse cold.

Being used in:  sweating profusely with body temperature dropping; muscle spasm in cholera; instant sweating, afraid of cold in cases of yangxu (yang deficient); pain and cold in chest and abdomen, chronic diarrhea due to pixu (spleen deficient), chronic muscle or joint pain due to wind cold dampness, tightness and pain in joints and muscles; edema and coldness in the lower legs due to shenyangxu (kidney yang deficient).

大 汗 亡 陽 ， 四 肢 厥 逆 ; 霍 亂 轉 筋 ;

陽 虛 畏 寒 自 汗 , 心 腹 冷 痛 ; 脾 虛久泄;

風 寒 濕 痺 ， 拘 攣 疼 痛 ; 腎 陽 不 足 以致 腳 氣 ，水 腫 等  。

將附片用細砂炒炮，研細粉備用。凡遇身涼脈絕的垂危病人，急將附片粉5克開水沖服，與此同時另用復方煎劑回陽固脫，益氣救急，這是治療急証的有效方法 (《長江醫話》"附子煎藥方法談") 。

Medical Function:

藥理﹕

Medical Function:

1. sedative effect

2. analgesic effect

3. anti inflammatory effect

4. anti cancer effect

5. heart stimulating effect

藥理﹕

1. 鎮痛

2. 鎮靜

3. 抗癌腫

4. 抗炎

5. 強心

Chemical ingredients:

Dosage:

用量﹕

1.5 to 12 g per day. If using large dosage, boil this herb first before adding other herbs to lessen the toxicity..

五分至三錢。如用大劑量，先煎可減低毒性。*

Samples of formulae:

For weakness with shenyangxu syndrome: jin gui shen qi wan

For cardiac exhaustion: si ni tang

shu jin li an san 舒筋立安散

腎陽虛者用： 金櫃腎氣丸

心臟衰竭用： 四逆湯

Modern Research:

The acute oral toxicity of aconitine in rats was significantly reduced by paeoniflorin[1].

在大鼠口服烏頭鹼的激烈毒性反應被芍藥甙懸著地減低.[1]

Cautions:

注意﹕

This is a very toxic herb, especially in raw form.

When using large dosage, to lessen toxicity, soak herb in water till thoroughly wet and simmer herb in water for 4 to 6 hours. But, simmering the herb for long time also can reduce it cardiac stimulating effect.

Do not use if the syndrome  is not cold and weak. Ingesting it is fatal if it is  re jue syndrome. *

Not to use in case of pregnancy.  Not compatible with ban xia, gua lou,

Large dosage may damage kidney and liver. [2]

附子有大毒。用大劑量時，可先將附子以水浸透﹐慢火煎4 ~ 6 小時﹐以減低毒性。但煎久後， 會降低其强心作用。

凡非虛寒證﹐寒濕證者忌用（陰虛陽盛或假寒真熱﹐陰虛內熱者）熱厥入咽即斃*﹐孕婦忌服。
反半 夏﹐瓜蔞﹐白 蘞﹐白芨﹐貝 母，畏犀角。
如以生品外用，皮膚潰破者忌用。

大劑量可能損壞腎臟與肝臟。【2】