European Monkshood (Aconitum napellus)
欧乌头ōu wū tóuOuwutou
Aconitum napellus · Plant
9
Indications
2
With studies in people
Cautions
Highly toxic; external use only; contraindicated in pregnancy.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists European Monkshood for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Back PainHeadacheJoint Rheumatism PainLimb PainNeuralgia PainCold SyndromeFever SyndromeParalysis SyndromeWind-damp Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says European Monkshood does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit Circulation
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Aconitum napellus and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.
- Benefit Circulation1 records
- Back Pain0 records
- Headache0 records
- Joint Rheumatism Pain0 records
- Limb Pain0 records
- Neuralgia Pain1 records
- Cold Syndrome1 records
- Fever Syndrome2 records, 1 in people
- Paralysis Syndrome1 records, 1 in people
- Wind-damp Syndrome0 records