What are the effects and functions of aconite

The efficacy and function of aconite are mainly manifested in replenishing fire and promoting yang, as well as dispelling cold and relieving pain. At the same time, it is often used clinically to treat kidney yang deficiency, impotence, uterine cold, or cold and dampness pain, and the effect is very good.

1. Efficacy and Function

Restore yang, revive adverse condition, replenish fire and assist yang, dispel cold and relieve pain.

2. Clinical Application

The dosage is 3 to 15g. Fry first and then fry for a long time. It is used for yang loss, collapse, cold limbs and weak pulse, insufficient heart yang, chest pain and heart pain, vomiting and diarrhea due to deficiency cold, cold pain in the abdomen, kidney yang deficiency, impotence and cold uterus, yin-cold edema, exogenous infection due to yang deficiency, and arthralgia due to cold and dampness.

3. How to eat

1. Aconite porridge

10 grams of processed aconite, 15 grams of roasted ginger, and 100 grams of polished rice. Grind the two medicines into fine powder, use 5 grams each time, and cook into porridge with rice and water. You can also reduce the amount of the two herbs by half, boil them in water to extract the juice, and add it to rice to cook porridge.

Originated from "Shenghuifang". This prescription uses aconite to warm the interior, dispel cold and relieve pain, and roasted ginger to warm the middle, dispel cold and stop diarrhea. Used for abdominal pain, diarrhea, and loose stools caused by internal cold.

2. Aconite and Coix Powder

10 grams of processed aconite root, 30 grams of coix seed, and 100 grams of polished rice. Fry the aconite root to extract the juice, add coix seed and glutinous rice, add water and cook until the porridge is cooked. Take in 2 times.

This prescription uses aconite root to dispel cold and relieve pain, and coix seed to remove dampness and relax muscles. Used for wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, joint pain, and cramps in the limbs.

4. Taboos

It is forbidden to be taken by patients with Yin deficiency and Yang excess, true heat and false cold, and pregnant women.