Jiangyou Aconite-fu zi

Aconite
[fu zi]
Chinese herbal medicine
Alias: Fu Pian, Heishun Pian, Danfu Pian, Baifu Pian, Paofu Pian English name: Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata Main effects: restore yang and rescue adverse conditions, replenish fire and assist yang, dispel cold and relieve pain.
Aconite is a warming medicine that can help restore body temperature, enhance heart function, relieve joint cold pain, etc. It is mainly used to rescue severe coldness, cold hands and feet, heart failure and other emergency situations. It is mainly produced in Sichuan and Shaanxi, among which the quality of aconite produced in Jiangyou, Sichuan is the best. Because it contains toxic ingredients, it must be professionally processed to reduce toxicity before use. It must be taken strictly according to the doctor's instructions and cannot be used on its own.
Aconite is pungent, sweet, very hot; toxic. It enters the heart, kidney, and spleen meridians.
The medicinal effect of aconite is very strong. With its hot characteristics, it can help improve heart function, improve spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, and enhance kidney vitality. It is a key medicinal material for replenishing the body's yang and rescuing critically ill patients. It is often used to rescue critically ill patients and those with insufficient yang in the whole body. At the same time, its heat can dispel the cold in the body and relieve rheumatic pain. It is often used to treat joint pain caused by cold and dampness.
Specifically, aconite has three main functions:
1. Rescue the exhaustion of yang energy in critical moments
2. Replenish yang energy throughout the body
3. Dispel cold evil and relieve pain
Effects
Aconite is often used for emergency shock and collapse. It can quickly help the body restore heat, improve problems such as fear of cold, cold hands and feet, and relieve discomfort such as cold joint pain and stomach cramps caused by cold.
What are the main effects and clinical applications of aconite?
Aconite is mainly used in the following eight situations: critical state of severe deficiency of yang energy (cold hands and feet, weak pulse), chest tightness and chest pain caused by weakened heart function, vomiting and diarrhea caused by deficiency and cold, stomach cold pain, sexual dysfunction caused by kidney function decline and uterine cold, edema problems, cold colds caused by people with deficiency and cold constitution, and joint pain caused by cold accumulation.
Critical situation of severe deficiency of Yang Qi
To treat cold hands and feet to the elbows and knees, and pulses that are almost untraceable, it is usually necessary to use it together with dried ginger.
If shortness of breath and collapse occur at the same time, it is necessary to use ginseng to replenish Qi and consolidate collapse.
Symptoms related to physical weakness
To improve cold pain in the waist and knees caused by weakened kidney function, erectile dysfunction in men, and infertility due to cold uterus in women, it is often used with cinnamon and eucommia; to relieve vomiting, diarrhea, and stomach cold pain caused by spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, it is often used with herbs such as Codonopsis pilosula and dried ginger; to treat edema and urinary problems caused by spleen and kidney deficiency and cold, it is often used in combination with Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria cocos; to help people with weak constitution resist cold and flu, it is often used with ephedra and asarum.
Pain caused by accumulation of cold air
It is effective for severe joint cold pain, and is often treated with cinnamon twigs, licorice, etc.;
To relieve the distension and pain caused by accumulation of cold air in the stomach, it is often used with costus root and Corydalis yanhusuo.
Note: The use of Chinese herbal medicines needs to be diagnosed according to personal constitution and condition, and must be used under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner. Do not take medicine on your own, and do not trust folk remedies and advertisements.