Huoxuelian

Huoxuelian

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[synonyms] Moqi and tusalian (ACTA Pharma Sinica 10:6921965).

[source] it is the root of Aconitum stylosum (Ranunculaceae).

[plant morphology] Aconitum stylosum

Perennial herbs. The root is massive, slightly inclined, dark brown, with many fibrous roots. Basal leaves 1-3, petiole 12-16 cm long, smooth, glabrous, purplish red, base extended: leaf nearly round, 5-7 palmately divided, lobes base cuneate, apex with unequal notches, rounded teeth, tip with small convex tip; dark green above, with scattered yellow below, gray below, sparse yellow hairs on veins; stem leaves 3-5. Raceme, with many flowers; sepals 5, purple, upper sepals cylindric; petals 2; stamens numerous; carpels 3. Follicles 3, unequal in size.

It grows in the shady forest. It is distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei and Shaanxi.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] Guizhou folk medicine: "it is warm in nature, pungent in taste and has little poison. "

[function indications] for cough and asthma, irregular menstruation, traumatic injury.

① Guizhou folk medicine: "promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, relieving pain. "

② Treatment of traumatic injury, phlegm, cough and asthma. The external use rubs the nameless swelling poison. (ACTA Pharma Sinica 10:6921965)

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or soak in wine. External use: grinding and coating.

[prescription selection] ① for irregular menstruation: huoxuelian and chuxuewang have three coins each. Wine making clothes. (Guizhou folk medicine)

② Treatment of traumatic injury: huoxuelian, jianxuefei, Chishao each five money. Add water and wine to fry. (Guizhou folk medicine)