味辛甘，温，大热，有大毒。主中风，恶风，洗洗出汗，除寒湿痹，咳逆上气
寒热，消胸上痰，冷食不下，心腹冷疾，脐间痛，肩胛痛不可俯仰，目中痛不可久
胎，其汁煎之名射罔，味苦，有大毒。疗尸疰，症坚及头中风痹痛。杀∶禽兽。
云∶使。远志为之使。忌∶豉汁。味苦辛，大热，有大毒。能治恶风憎寒，湿痹
痰包心，肠腹 痛， 癖气块。益阳事，中风，洗洗恶寒，除寒热，主胸中痰满
下食。治咳逆上气，治齿痛，破积聚寒，主强志。日华子云∶土附子，味 辛，
生去皮，捣滤汁澄清，旋添晒干取膏，名为射罔，猎人将作毒箭使用。或中者，以
青、小豆叶、浮萍、冷水、荠 ，皆可御之。莽草为之使。反∶半夏、栝蒌、贝母
白芨。恶∶藜芦。
味辛甘，温，大温，有大毒。主大风，寒湿痹，历节痛，拘挛缓急，破积聚邪气，
强筋骨，轻身健行，疗头面风去来疼痛，心腹结积，关节重不能行步，除骨间痛，长
强志，令人武勇，力作不倦，又堕胎。《药性论》云∶君。忌∶豉汁。大热，有
制用之。能治风痰冷痹，软脚毒风，能止气喘促急。杀∶禽虫毒。日华子云∶治一切
阳道，暖水脏，补腰膝，益精明目，通九窍，利皮肤，调血脉，四肢不遂，破 癖症结
脓止痛，续骨，消瘀血，补冷气虚损，霍乱转筋，背脊偻伛，消风痰，下胸膈水，发汗
阴汗，炮含治喉痹。远志为之使。恶∶腐婢。
[Ataconite Root (Wutou)]
Pungent and sweet in taste, warm, greatly hot, highly toxic. Primarily treats wind-stroke, aversion to wind, shivering with sweating, expels cold-dampness bi-syndrome, cough with rebellious qi, alternating chills and fever, eliminates phlegm in the chest, inability to ingest cold food, cold diseases of the heart and abdomen, pain at the umbilicus, shoulder blade pain preventing flexion and extension, eye pain preventing prolonged viewing. Its juice, when boiled into a paste, is called She Wang (Poisonous Paste), bitter in taste, highly toxic. Treats Shizhu (corpse-transmission disease), Zhengjian (hard masses), and wind-bi pain in the head. Kills birds and beasts.
*Leigong Paozhi Lun* states: Yuan Zhi (Polygalae Radix) acts as its guiding herb. Contraindicated: Dou Chi (Fermented Soybean Juice).
[Tianxiong]
Bitter and pungent in taste, greatly hot, highly toxic. Capable of treating aversion to wind and fear of cold, damp-bi syndrome, Tan Bao Xin (phlegm encasing the heart), abdominal pain, Pi Qi Kuai (masses due to stagnation). Benefits Yang function, treats wind-stroke, shivering and aversion to cold, expels chills and fever, primarily treats fullness of phlegm in the chest, aids digestion. Treats cough with rebellious qi, toothache, breaks up accumulations of cold, primarily strengthens willpower. Ri Hua Zi states: Tu Fuzi (Earth Aconite), pungent in taste. Raw form: peel off skin, crush, filter juice, clarify, then add [ingredients], sun-dry to obtain paste, named She Wang, used by hunters for poisoned arrows. If poisoned, Qing Xiangzi (Celosiae Semen), Xiao Dou Ye (Phaseoli Cotyledones), Fu Ping (Lemnae Herba), cold water, and Ji Cai (Capsellae Fructus) can all counteract the toxicity. Mang Cao (Dichroae Radix) acts as its guiding herb. Incompatible: Ban Xia (Pinelliae Rhizoma), Gua Lou (Trichosanthis Fructus), Bei Mu (Fritillariae Bulbus), Bai Ji (Bletillae Rhizoma). Disliked: Li Lu (Veratri Rhizoma).
[Fuzi - Prepared Aconite Lateral Root]
Pungent and sweet in taste, warm, greatly warm, highly toxic. Primarily treats severe wind, cold-damp bi-syndrome, Li Jie Tong (pain in joints), spasms and tension, breaks up accumulations of pathogenic qi, strengthens sinews and bones, lightens the body and improves mobility, treats migratory pain on the head and face due to wind, cardiac and abdominal nodules, heaviness of joints preventing walking, expels bone pain, strengthens willpower, makes one courageous, allows labor without fatigue, and can induce abortion. *Yaoxing Lun* states: Acts as the Sovereign herb. Contraindicated: Dou Chi (Fermented Soybean Juice).
(Fuzi) is greatly hot and highly toxic; must be processed before use. Capable of treating wind-phlegm and cold-bi syndrome, softening foot-toxic wind, stopping asthma and急促 breathing. Kills bird and insect toxins. Ri Hua Zi states: Treats all forms of impotence, warms the Water Organ (Kidney), tonifies waist and knees, benefits essence and brightens eyes, opens the nine orifices, benefits skin, regulates blood vessels, treats paralysis of limbs, breaks up Pi Zheng Jie (masses), relieves pus pain, reconnects bones, resolves blood stasis, tonifies cold-qi deficiency and damage, cholera with muscle cramps, kyphosis of the back spine, resolves wind-phlegm, drains water from chest and diaphragm, induces sweating, treats genital sweating, processed and held in mouth to treat throat obstruction (Hou Bi). Yuan Zhi (Polygalae Radix) acts as its guiding herb. Disliked: Fu Bi (Lespedezae Herba).