Caowu is a common Chinese herbal medicine. Many people may not have heard of Caowu, but many people regard Caowu as an ornamental flower. In fact, Caowu is often mixed with other traditional Chinese medicines. Used together to treat diseases, it can dispel cold and relieve pain, as well as warm the kidneys and strengthen yang. So what are the taboos of Cao Wu? What are the functions and functions of Caowei?

1. The effect of dispelling wind and removing dampness

Cao Wu is pungent, hot, bitter and dry. It is good at expelling cold dampness, warming menstruation and relieving pain. It is a good product for treating cold-damp paralysis and pain, especially suitable for cold patients. It can treat symptoms such as cold-damp invasion, joint pain, and inability to flex and extend due to excessive pathogenic factors. It can also treat cold-damp blood congestion and stagnant meridians, muscle spasms and pain in the limbs, and joint flexion and extension difficulties that persist over time.

2. Warming the meridians, dispersing cold and relieving pain

Caowuxin powder is particularly effective in dispersing cold and relieving pain, so it is often used to treat yin-cold internal syndrome. Symptoms such as coldness and pain in the confidants. For example, it can be used to treat heartache that pierces the back, back pain that pierces the heart, cold hernia, abdominal pain around the umbilicus, cold hands and feet and other symptoms.

3. Pain relief

Caowu has a strong analgesic effect and can be used to treat trauma, bruises, fractures, blood stasis and pain. It can also be used as a narcotic analgesic drug.

4. Adverse reactions of Aconitum

Inappropriate use of Aconitum can cause poisoning. The symptoms are numbness of the mouth, tongue, limbs and whole body, salivation, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness and vertigo. , dry mouth, slowed pulse, dyspnea, tetany, confusion, incontinence, drop in blood pressure and body temperature, arrhythmia, premature ventricular contractions and sinoatrial arrest. In severe cases, it can lead to death from circulatory and respiratory failure and severe arrhythmia.

5. Pharmacological effects of Cao Wu

1. Cao Wu has obvious anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects, and has cardiotonic effects. However, excessive dosage can cause arrhythmia, and eventually Causes cardiac depression;

2. Aconitine can cause arrhythmia and hypertension, and can also enhance the toxic effect of Maohuagan G on the myocardium, and has obvious local anesthesia effect;

3. Aconitum polysaccharide can significantly reduce normal blood sugar;

4. Aconitum injection has anti-cancer effects and has an inhibitory effect on gastric cancer cells.

6. Contraindications for the use of Caowu

1. Caowu is highly toxic, so be careful when taking raw products orally. Pregnant women are prohibited from using it. The toxicity of Caowu Wu can be slightly reduced after processing, but pregnant women still need to use it with caution.

2. Caowu should not be used at the same time as pinellia, Fritillaria chuanensis, Fritillaria fritillary, Trichosanthes trichosanthes, Bletilla striata, and Bletilla striata.

7. Prescriptions for treating diseases

1. Aconite root cures weak spleen and stomach and long-term cold accumulation, and reduces the diet: 500 grams of Aconitum (washed), 1000 grams of Atractylodes, orange juice 250 grams of skin (white removed), 200 grams of licorice (raw, shredded), and three liters of black beans. Take the five flavors, boil them dry with one stone of water, remove the orange peel, black beans, and licorice, and only take the two flavors of Aconitum and Atractylodes, expose to dry, coarsely pound and sieve to dry, pound into powder, and cook the batter with wine to form pills, as shown in The large sycamore seeds are dried and put into porcelain. Take 30 pills with salty soup and warm wine every day on an empty stomach and before dinner. ("Sheng Ji Zong Lu")

2. Cao Wu cures yang deficiency and head pain, which cannot be tolerated: Asarum and new tea buds (fried). Aconitum (large ones, peel off the tips, crack and cut into pieces as big as a soybean, fry with crushed salt) into equal parts. The top is rough. For each serving of 10 grams, add 25 grams of powdered musk and a cup and a half of water, simmer until eight minutes, remove the dregs, and take it warm. ("Ben Shi Fang" Wu Xiang Powder)

3. Cao Wu treats stroke and bad wind, washes away sweating, removes cold and dampness, coughs and upper qi, and breaks the accumulation of cold and heat. "Ben Jing"

4. Treat all sores that have not been broken by Aconite: Take the powder of Aconite and add a little light powder, waxed lard and apply on it. ("Puji Prescription")

5. Caowu treats brain leakage and odor: 25 grams of Caowu (peeled), 50 grams of Atractylodes, and 100 grams of Chuanxiong. Grind the raw materials together into powder, make dough balls, and take the size of mung beans, ten pills each time, with tea. Avoid all hot things. ("Saint Ji Zonglu")