Aconitum kusnezoffii

Aconitum kusnezoffii

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[source] the roots of Ranunculaceae plant Delphinium ereshanense or Delphinium sichuanense.

[plant morphology] 1

Herbs perennial, up to 1 m tall, with long taproot, smooth or distally slightly ciliate. Stem glabrous, finely longitudinally corrected. Leaves alternate, palmately 5-7-lobed, broadly cuneate, all notched, smooth on top, sometimes with setae on veins, smooth on bottom, surrounded by Lei like setae; petiole at base 14-16 cm long, petiole at upper part shorter. Panicle, with more than 10 flowers; bracts leaflike, 1-3-lobed, lobes linear lanceolate; flowers blue, about 2 cm in diameter; sepals 5, lower sepals long elliptic, yellow setae on the surface, glabrous below, upper sepals with curved spur, yellow setae on the outside, glabrous on both sides of the other sepals; upper petals with beak like spur, set in the sepal spur, glabrous, dark yellow, glabrous below They are ovoid, 2-lobed, lavender, with yellow setae; stamens numerous; carpels 3, slightly yellow setae. Follicles. The flowering period is June.

At the edge of the forest. It is distributed in Sichuan.

② Delphinium sieboldii

Perennial herbs, 60-70 cm high. Stem usually with involute setae. Leaves basal or cauline; petiole of basal leaves 10-12 cm long, covered with curly setae, leaves palmately divided, lobes rhombic, feathered or coarsely serrate, with yellow setae on both sides. Flowers few, blue, raceme; pedicel densely bristled; bracts linear, bristly; sepals oval, surface ciliated, smooth inside, upper sepals with distance, slightly curved; upper petals smooth, dark yellow, long lanceolate, lower ones often 2-lobed, blue, bristly; stamens many; carpels 8, also bristly, very fruity.

It is distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

[flavor] warm, pungent and poisonous.

[function indications] analgesia. Dispelling wind and dehumidification. Treatment of stroke, hemiplegia, rheumatism, pain in muscles and bones, and coated carbuncle, tinea and itch.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 0.8 ~ 2 yuan; soak in wine or grind powder (need to be cooked). External use: tamping.

[selected prescription] treatment of scabies: Aconitum kusnezoffii, Rheum auriculatum, Coptis pedunculata, Phellodendron fortunei, Eupatorium adenophorum. Co tamping and coating.

Chinese PinYin : E Shan Cao Wu