But Radix Aconiti and Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii are two different plants under the same strain.

The stems of Radix Aconiti are erect, generally about one meter high, with purple flowers.

The root is lumpy, and the lateral root is aconite, which is commonly used after processing. Because it is attached to the main root of Sichuan aconite, it is named aconite. The stem of Kusnezoff monkshood is a climbing vine, which is generally about three meters long and still has purple flowers. The root of kusnezoff monkshood is long and massive, and there is no aconite.

Medicinal difference:

Both of them have great toxicity, and they also have the functions of expelling wind and removing dampness, warming meridians and relieving pain, but the toxicity of Radix Aconiti is a little less, and that of Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii is a little more. Now most of Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii is domestic, and there are few wild ones. We are the place of origin, but there are few wild ones, and the toxicity of wild ones is much greater than that of domestic ones, so it is generally not taken orally.

Extended information: Sichuan aconite, whose proper name is Aconitum, alias: goose flower, iron flower and five poisons; Angiosperms, Ranunculaceae, Aconitum. The English name is Aconite Root, which was born in the grassy slopes or bushes in mountainous areas. Cultivated in flat and fertile sandy soil, mainly cultivated in Sichuan. It is distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, north to Qinling Mountains and eastern Shandong, and south to northwestern Guangxi.

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