From court murder to this, it is very poisonous, but some farmers grow it to become rich!

According to Hanshu, during the period of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty (73-49 BC), the wife of General Huo Guang wanted her daughter to be queen and tried to murder the then Empress Xu. After Xu gave birth, Huo Guang's wife coerced the royal doctor Chunyu Yan to take advantage of the opportunity to take medicine to commit murder. Chunyu Yan secretly brought the rammed Chinese medicine aconite into the palace and secretly mixed it with the pills he wanted to take after Xu was presented. Shortly after taking the medicine, Empress Xu felt unwell and soon died in a coma.

Aconite is a highly toxic drug, which is the collateral tuber root (seed root) of Ranunculaceae plant Aconitum. It is very hot and contains many alkaloids, such as aconitine, sub-aconitine, medium aconitine and so on. Pharmacological experiments show that oral administration of 0.2 mg aconitine can produce poisoning symptoms, such as tingling and burning sensation in the mouth and throat, numbness in lips and tongue, unfluent language, inflexible tongue; severe nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dizziness, ankylosis of limbs, paroxysmal convulsions, closed teeth, and even cause ventricular fibrillation, cardiogenic shock and death.

In view of this, many doctors have been cautious about its use through the ages.

But at the same time, aconite is also a traditional Chinese medicine with high medicinal value. Ginseng, Radix Rehmanniae, rhubarb and aconite are known as the four dimensions of traditional Chinese medicine.

Aconite, also known as aconite or aconite, alias: Aconitum, salt aconitum, goose flower, iron flower, five poisons. Mainly produced in Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan and other places. From late June to early August, the mother root, fibrous root and sediment are removed, which is commonly known as "Nifuzi". Processed for salt aconite, black aconite (black shun tablet), white aconite tablet, light aconite tablet, cannon aconite tablet. It belongs to Wenli medicine. In traditional Chinese medicine, "the first product to restore yang and save adversity".

Li Shizhen: Li Shizhen said: junior high school is aconite, like the head of a crow. Attached to aconitum is aconite, like a mother.

Pharmacology: "Shennong Materia Medica Classic" records: the main treatment of wind-cold cough against evil qi, warm, remove cold and dampness, treat hand and foot injuries, clonus, knee pain can not walk, break the lump hard, blood clots, metal injuries and sores. Zhang Zhongjing: mahuang Fuzi Asarum decoction and Ephedra Fuzi Glycyrrhiza decoction are the representatives. Raw aconite with dried ginger, there is divergence in nourishment, dried ginger aconite soup, Tongmai Sini decoction.

The traditional producing areas of Fuzi are mainly Jiangyou in Sichuan and Chenggu and Mianxian in Shaanxi Province. The new producing areas developed after the founding of the people's Republic of China are Anxian, Butuo, Meigu and Chengkou in Sichuan; Nanzheng, Hanzhong, Xingping and Huxian in Shaanxi; Jinxian and Yuan in Hebei; Zhushan and Zhuxi in Hubei; Lijiang, Shangri-La Weixi and Binchuan Weishan in Dali; Heze and Weifang in Shandong. Sichuan Jiangyou, Shaanxi City solid cultivation has a long history, large output, good quality, sold all over the country and exported. Xingping, Shaanxi Province is the production base of aconite seedlings.

The cost of planting aconite is much higher than that of ordinary crops, but at the same time, the benefits are also much higher. Their products are sold after their own pre-treatment, excluding the cost of one mu of land can earn more than 10,000!

The black shun piece is longitudinally sliced, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, 1.7 to 5 cm long, 0.9 to 3 cm wide and 0.2 to 0.5 cm thick. The skin is dark brown, the section is dark yellow, oily and glossy, translucent, with longitudinal catheter bundles. Qualitative and brittle, cross-sectional horny. The breath is light and the taste is light. It is better to be large, uniform, brownish yellow and glossy.

The white aconite has no outer skin, yellowish-white translucent, about 0.3 cm thick. The film is uniform, white inside and translucent is the best.

Skillful use of Dabu, return to yang to save adversity; abuse is labor lost, until people faint. Therefore, this article is only for the popularization of science, if you have friends who need to recuperate, it is best to consult the doctor around you and do not misuse it.