Aconitum rattan

Aconitum rattan Aconitum, also known as blood-black, blood-sealing throat and aconite vine, is the root tuber of Aconitum cucurbitaceae. Aconitum cucurbitae is a perennial twining herb. The root of the tuber is inverted cone, and the length can reach more than 6 cm. The vines are purple, smooth and branched on the sunny side. It grows in the shady and wet grass on the hillside trees or the roadside of the forest edge. Widely distributed in Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places. Pungent, warm and poisonous. It can be used for treating lumbago and leg pain, nameless swelling, traumatic injury, tinea and sore. It has the effects of relieving spasm, lowering blood pressure, sweating and diuresis.
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