Aconitum kusnezoffii

Radix aconitikus nezoffii

Kusnezoff Monkshood Root

[alias] duck head, Artemisia ordosica, cockscomb head and Stephania herb.

[source] aconitumkusnezoffii Reichb.

[plant morphology] perennial herb. Stem erect, 50-150 cm high, glabrous. The middle leaves of stem have slightly long or short stalks; the leaves are papery or sub leathery, pentagonal, 3-cleft, the middle lobes are wide rhombic, acuminate, sub pinnate, and the small lobes are lanceolate, sparsely covered with short curly hairs above and glabrous below. Raceme narrow long; pedicel 2-5cm long; bracteoles linear; zunpian 5, purple blue; upper sepal helmet shaped; petals 2, long clawed, spur curled; stamens numerous; carpels 3-5. Bony process fruit. The flowering period is September and the fruiting period is October.

In the hillside grassland or open forest. It is mainly produced in Shanxi, Hebei, Inner Mongolia and Northeast China.

[harvesting] in autumn, the stumps, fibrous roots and mud are removed, washed and dried.

[character] the root is irregular long conic, slightly curved, 2-7 cm long and 0.6-1.8 cm in diameter. There are often stumps and a few adventitious root residues at the top. The surface is gray or dark brown, wrinkled, with longitudinal wrinkles, punctate fibrous root marks and several nodular lateral roots. It is hard, gray or dark gray in cross section, polygonal or quasi circular in lamellar ring, and large or hollow in pith. It's spicy and spicy.

[chemical constituents] it contains aconitine, mesaconitine and atisine.

[flavor] it is hot in nature, spicy and bitter in taste.

Function indications: dispelling wind and removing dampness, warming meridian and relieving pain. It is used for wind cold dampness arthralgia, joint pain, cold abdominal pain, cold hernia pain, anesthesia and pain relief.