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温里药 · Interior-warming

Prepared Aconite fù zǐ · 附子

Aconitum carmichaelii (prepared root)

Nature and flavour. Pungent and sweet, hot, toxic; Heart, Kidney and Spleen systems.

Classically described as the herb that restores yang in collapse - the strongest warming agent in the materia medica.

性味归经。辛、甘,大热,有毒;归心、肾、脾经。

传统上称其回阳救逆,是本草中温阳作用最强的一味。

Classical category · no formulas, no dosages, no herb-drug combinations are given.
Safety. This is the herb whose toxicity matters most. Only the processed root is used; the raw root is highly toxic and has caused fatal arrhythmia. In every regulated system it is a controlled substance handled by practitioners, and it is never self-administered.

这是本草中毒性最需要警惕的一味。只用炮制后的附子;生品毒性极大,曾致致命性心律失常。在任何受监管的体系里都属于必须由执业者处理的受管制品,切勿自行服用。

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