Monkshood Leaf (Aconitum carmichaelii)
乌头叶wū tóu yèWutouye
Aconitum carmichaelii · Plant
7
Indications
1
With studies in people
Cautions
Highly toxic; use only processed form; contraindicated in pregnancy; avoid with cardiac conditions.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Monkshood Leaf for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Back PainJoint Rheumatism PainLimb PainNeuralgia PainCold SyndromeParalysis SyndromeWind-damp Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Monkshood Leaf 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 carmichaelii 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 Circulation11 records
- Back Pain1 records
- Joint Rheumatism Pain9 records, 5 in people
- Limb Pain2 records
- Neuralgia Pain0 records
- Cold Syndrome11 records
- Paralysis Syndrome0 records
- Wind-damp Syndrome0 records