Cao Wu Tou (Zhi)

Toxic

  • Toxique

Cao Wu Tou (Zhi)


  • Chineese Name: 草乌头(制)
  • Pin Yin Name: Cao Wu Tou (Zhi)
  • Latin Name: Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii (praeparat.)
  • Natures: Warm
  • Taste: slightly Sweet, Sour, Acrid/Pungent, slightly Bitter
  • Chanels Entered: Heart, Spleen, Liver
Interior-Warming Medicinals (Wen Li Yao)
Wind-Damp-Expelling Medicinals (Qu Feng Shi Yao)
from 3 to 8
Cao Wu Tou (Zhi): this preparation reduces Cao Wu Tou’s toxicity allowing its internal usage; the Sheng form, being too toxic, is exclusive for external use
Dissipates Cold
Eliminates pain
Eliminates Bi Obstructions
Disperses swellings (tumefaction)
Dissipates Wind-Damp