The five taboos of aconitine should be kept in mind.

Aconitum is a plant of Ranunculaceae, and its mother root is called Aconitum, which is commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. it has a good therapeutic effect on kidney yang deficiency, but what we need to remind you is that aconitum is poisonous, so we should pay more attention to it when using it. Here are five taboos to pay attention to when using aconitum!

The boiling time of ★ is too short.

Aconite frying for a long time or newly adopted high-pressure steaming can reduce toxicity. If the disease needs to increase the dosage of aconitum, it is more suitable to be fried for a long time. It is easy to cause poisoning if the boiling time is too short. Aconitum must not be used for life.

★ is not processed.

Aconitum is toxic, so it must be processed before it can be taken internally, and it should also be written on the prescription of aconite or Aconitum chuanwu and Aconitum multiflorum. It can cause poisoning in a very small amount without being processed.

★ accumulative poisoning

Long-term use of aconite can accumulate in the body to cause poisoning, especially patients with liver and kidney insufficiency are more prone to this kind of poisoning. If the condition requires long-term use of aconitum-containing preparations, intermittent medication can be used. After taking it for several days or weeks, it will be interrupted for 1 week. In addition, daily medication can be taken a small number of times, the total daily amount will be taken several times, which is conducive to the excretion of toxins.

Excessive amount of ★

Aconitum is divided into Chuanwu and Caowu. Polygonum multiflorum is more toxic. Because of the different collection time, processing time and decocting time, the toxic dose varies greatly. Chuanwu is 3 to 30 grams, Aconitum to 4.5 grams, and aconitine 0.2 mg can be poisoned by oral administration. Chuanwu poisoning can be seen mouth and tongue and systemic numbness, nausea and vomiting, chest tightness, spasm, dyspnea, decreased blood pressure, body temperature, arrhythmia, confusion, coma, and even circulatory and respiratory failure and death. The poisoning symptoms of Aconitum multiflorum are basically the same as those of Aconitum multiflorum. The amount of aconitum poisoning varies greatly among individuals. Some people only take 6 grams of Aconitum, while others take only 1 gram of Aconitum to cause poisoning. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the early symptoms of poisoning and early treatment. Clinical use of aconitum should also start with a low dose.

Improper compatibility of ★

Predecessors thought that aconitum should not be used with Fritillaria, Bletilla striata, Pinellia ternata and Trichosanthes. In addition, there are clinical reports of poisoning caused by aconitum and ephedra.

To sum up, we should be cautious in taking aconitum. Aconitum is toxic and hurts the kidney for a long time, so we must pay attention to taking aconitum.