The efficacy and function of Caowu wine

There was an article before that said that Aconitum kusnezoffii and Aconitum carmichaelii are poisonous, so you must pay attention to the dosage otherwise serious consequences will occur. In addition to external use, another common use of Aconitum kusnezoffii is to soak it in wine; soaking in wine is one of the many ways to take medicines, and the role of alcohol cannot be ignored. Alcohol itself has a disinfecting effect, dissolving the medicine in the wine so that it can be better absorbed. So what are the effects and functions of Caowu wine?

Raw Chuanwu is used to dispel wind and dampness , warm the meridians and relieve pain. Used for wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, joint pain, cold pain in the heart and abdomen, and pain caused by cold hernia. Raw Aconitum carmichaelii can dispel rheumatism, warm the meridians and relieve pain. Aconitum is also known as Gelsemium elegans. It is the common name for Aconitum (wild species), Aconitum napellus or many other plants of the same genus in the Ranunculaceae family of the dicotyledonous class. The plant is a perennial, biennial or annual herb with tuberous or thick roots; the leaves are often palmately divided; the flowers are blue or purple, sometimes white or yellow, bilaterally symmetrical, arranged in racemes or panicles; the sepals are 5, petal-shaped, with the upper one being large and cap-shaped or helmet-shaped; the petals are 2-5, small; the stamens are 3-5; the fruit is a follicle.

All parts of Aconitum contain biological alkaloids , the main one of which is aconitine. Aconitine is hydrolyzed to produce aconitine, acetic acid and benzoic acid. The leaves also contain inositol and tannins. Aconitum multiflorum contains aconitine, Dzungar aconitine, Dzungar aconitamine, aconitine multiflorum, aconitine multiflorum, and aconitine. The root of Dzungarian Aconitum contains 1.5% of total bioalkali, mainly aconitine and Dzungarian Aconitum. The above-ground part contains 0.7% of total biogenic alkali, mainly aconitine. The biological alkaloid contained in Aconitum yadongense is pseudoaconitine. The aerial parts of Lithospermum officinale (leaves and stems) contain 0.58% bioalkaloids, of which 0.43% is the crystalline bioalkaloid called Lithospermum officinale. It is reported that the Aconitum produced in Japan contains not only aconitine and neoaconitine, but also hypoaconitine and aconitine.

Aconitum also contains aconitine , which can easily cause poisoning if used improperly. Its symptoms are basically the same as those of Chuanwu, such as numbness of the tongue, limbs or whole body, nausea, vomiting, irritability, or even coma, pale skin, palpitations and shortness of breath, slow heart rate, heart rhythm disorder, a few show increased heart rate, decreased blood pressure, dilated pupils, electrocardiogram showing supraventricular and ventricular extrasystoles, tachycardia, atrioventricular block, bundle branch block, low voltage, ST changes, etc. Most patients can recover with timely rescue, but a few die from heart paralysis due to severe poisoning or untimely rescue. Clinical application should be cautious.