What to do if you are poisoned by Aconitum kusnezoffii

Many people think that Chinese medicine is effective for the body. In fact, Chinese medicine does not have much effect on the body. On the contrary, it is quite harmful. So everyone needs to know that Chinese medicine can also cause poisoning. For example, Aconitum carmichaelii poisoning. After poisoning, patients often have dry mouth and tongue, numbness of the whole body, and in severe cases may suffer from breathing difficulties, convulsions of hands and feet, and poor mental health. These situations require special attention.

The symptoms of Aconitum poisoning include numbness of the limbs, mouth, tongue and whole body, salivation, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, blurred vision, dry mouth, slow pulse, difficulty breathing, convulsions of the hands and feet, confusion, incontinence, low blood pressure and body temperature, and abnormal heart rate. Severely poisoned patients may die from circulatory failure, respiratory failure, and severe arrhythmia. If you find the above symptoms, you should go to the hospital immediately for emergency treatment. At the same time, you can take honeysuckle, licorice, mung beans, ginger, and black beans for detoxification treatment.

Medicinal Part

Plant tuberous roots.

Flavor

It tastes spicy and bitter, and is hot in nature.

Meridians

It enters the heart, liver, kidney and spleen meridians.

effect

Dispel wind and dampness, warm the meridians and relieve pain.

Indications

It is used for wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, joint pain, cold pain in the heart and abdomen, pain caused by cold hernia and anesthesia and pain relief.

Related Combinations

1. Used to treat cold-damp blood stasis in the meridians, spasm and pain in the tendons and veins of the limbs, and difficulty in flexing and extending the joints: used together with Chuanwu, earthworm, frankincense, etc. ("He Ji Ju Fang")

2. It is often used as an anesthetic analgesic, and is mostly used in raw form together with raw Chuanwu, and in combination with Herba Lycopodii, Turmeric, etc. ("Medical Golden Mirror")

Dosage

For oral administration: decoct in water, 3-6g; or make into pills or powder. For external use: Take appropriate amount, grind into powder and apply, or grind with vinegar or wine and apply. It must be processed before oral administration and should be decocted for 1 to 2 hours before use in decoctions to reduce toxicity.

Taboo

It should be taken internally with caution when it is raw; pregnant women are prohibited from using it; it should not be used with Pinellia, Trichosanthes, Trichosanthes seeds, Trichosanthes peel, Radix Trichosanthis, Fritillaria cirrhosa, Fritillaria thunbergii, Fritillaria balsamifera, Fritillaria hupehensis, Bletilla striata, and Bletilla striata.

Preparation method

Remove impurities from raw Aconitum, wash and dry.

Physiological characteristics

This product is an irregular long cone, slightly curved, 2~175px long and 0.6~45px in diameter. There are often residual stems and a few adventitious root residues at the top. Some have a withered bud on one side of the top and a round or oblate adventitious root residue on the other side. The surface is gray-brown or dark brown, wrinkled, with longitudinal wrinkles, dot-like root marks and several tubercular lateral roots. It is hard, with gray or dark gray cross section and cracks. The cambium rings are polygonal or quasi-circular, and the pith is large or hollow. Slight smell, spicy and tongue-numbing taste.