味辛、甘，温、大热，有大毒。主治中风，恶风洗洗，出汗，除寒湿痹，咳逆上气，破
积聚，寒热。消胸上痰冷，食不下，心腹冷疾，脐间痛，肩胛痛不可俯仰，目中痛不可力视，
又堕胎。其汁∶煎之名射罔，杀禽兽。射罔，味苦，有大毒。治尸疰症坚，及头中风，痹痛。
一名奚毒，一名即子，一名乌喙。乌喙，味辛，微温，有大毒。主风湿，丈夫肾湿，阴囊痒，
寒热历节，掣引腰痛，不能步行，痈肿脓结。又堕胎。生朗陵川谷。正月、二月采，阴干。
长三寸以上为天雄。（莽草为之使，反半夏、栝蒌、贝母、白蔹、白芨，恶藜芦。）
今采用四月乌头与附子同根，春时茎初生有脑形似乌鸟之头，故谓之乌头，有两岐共蒂，
状如牛角，名乌喙，喙即鸟之口也。亦以八月采，捣榨茎取汁，日煎为射罔，猎人以傅箭射
禽兽，中人亦死，宜速解之。（敦煌本《新修》卷十，《大观》卷十，《政和》二四三页）
味辛、甘，温、大热，有大毒。主治风寒咳逆，邪气，温中，金创，破症坚积聚，血瘕。
寒湿， ，拘挛，膝痛，不能行走。治脚疼冷弱，腰脊风寒，心腹冷痛，霍乱转筋，下痢
赤白，坚肌骨，强阴。又堕胎，为百药长。
生犍为山谷及广汉。八月采为附子，春采为乌头。（地胆为之使，恶蜈蚣，畏防风、黑
豆、甘草、黄 、人参、乌韭。）
附子以八月上旬采也，八角者良。凡用三建，皆热灰炮令折，勿过焦，惟姜附汤生用之。
世
《大观》卷十，《政和》二四一页）
【乌头】
味辛、甘，性温、大热，有大毒。主治中风（外感风邪所致的病证），恶风（怕风）且身体瑟瑟发抖，出汗，祛除寒湿痹阻（风寒湿邪阻滞经络引起的肢体疼痛麻木），咳逆上气（咳嗽气喘），破除积聚（腹内结块），治疗寒热往来。消除胸中痰饮冷积，饮食不下，心腹冷痛，脐间疼痛，肩胛部疼痛导致不能俯仰，眼中疼痛导致无法用力视物，又能堕胎。其汁液：煎煮后称为射罔（一种剧毒药物），用于杀死禽兽。射罔，味苦，有大毒。治疗尸疰症坚（一种慢性消耗性疾病伴有的坚硬肿块），以及头部中风，痹痛。又名奚毒，又名即子，又名乌喙。乌喙，味辛，微温，有大毒。主治风湿，男子肾经湿气，阴囊瘙痒，寒热交替的历节病（关节疼痛游走不定），牵引腰痛，不能行走，痈肿脓结。又能堕胎。生长在朗陵川谷。正月、二月采集，阴干。长度在三寸以上的称为天雄。（莽草能制约它，与半夏、栝蒌、贝母、白蔹、白芨相反，畏藜芦。）现在采用四月采收的乌头与附子同根，春天时茎刚生出有脑状，形状像乌鸟的头，所以叫乌头；有两歧共蒂，形状像牛角，名叫乌喙，喙就是鸟的嘴。也在八月采集，捣碎榨取茎汁，日晒煎煮成为射罔，猎人用来涂抹箭矢射杀禽兽，中人也会死，应当迅速解毒。（敦煌本《新修》卷十，《大观》卷十，《政和》二四三页）
【附子】
味辛、甘，性温、大热，有大毒。主治风寒咳逆，邪气，温中（温暖中焦脾胃），金创（金属利器造成的创伤），破除症坚积聚，血瘕（腹部结块）。寒湿，拘挛（肌肉痉挛），膝痛，不能行走。治疗脚疼冷弱，腰脊风寒，心腹冷痛，霍乱转筋（霍乱引起的肌肉痉挛），下痢赤白（痢疾，大便带脓血），坚固肌骨，强壮阴气。又能堕胎，被称为百药长。（生犍为山谷及广汉。八月采收的为附子，春季采收的为乌头。（地胆能制约它，畏蜈蚣，害怕防风、黑豆、甘草、黄芩、人参、乌韭。）附子在八月上旬采收，八角形状的为好。凡是使用三建（天雄、天南星、附子等具有强烈温热作用的药物），都用热灰炮制令其折断，不要过焦，只有姜附汤中是生用的。世……（《大观》卷十，《政和》二四一页）
[Atis Radix (Wutou)]
Pungent, sweet, warm, extremely hot, highly toxic. Mainly treats wind-stroke (disease caused by exogenous wind pathogen), aversion to wind with shivering, sweating, dispels cold-damp bi- obstruction (pain and numbness in limbs caused by wind-cold-damp pathogens), cough with rebellious qi, breaks up accumulations and masses, treats alternating cold and heat. Eliminates phlegm-fluids and cold accumulation in the chest, difficulty in eating, cold pain in heart and abdomen, pain in the umbilical region, shoulder blade pain preventing flexion and extension, eye pain preventing forceful vision, also causes abortion. Its juice: when decocted, it is called She Wang (a highly toxic substance), used to kill birds and beasts. She Wang, bitter, highly toxic. Treats corpse transmission with hard masses, head wind-stroke, bi-pain. Also known as Xi Du, Ji Zi, Wu Hui. Wu Hui, pungent, slightly warm, highly toxic. Mainly treats wind-damp, dampness in the kidney channel of men, scrotal itching, alternating cold and heat in Li Jie disease (wandering joint pain), pulling lower back pain, inability to walk, abscesses with pus formation. Also causes abortion. Grows in Langling river valleys. Harvested in the first and second lunar months, dried in shade. Those longer than three cun are called Tian Xiong. Mang Cao acts as its guide; it is incompatible with Ban Xia, Gua Lou, Bei Mu, Bai Lian, Bai Ji; it fears Lu Lu. Currently, Wutou harvested in the fourth lunar month shares the same root as Fuzi. In spring, when the stem first emerges, it has a brain-like shape resembling the head of a crow, hence named Wutou. When there are two branches sharing a stalk, shaped like ox horns, it is named Wu Hui; Hui refers to the bird's beak. It is also harvested in the eighth lunar month, crushed to extract stem juice, sun-dried and decocted into She Wang. Hunters use it to coat arrows to shoot birds and beasts; if it enters the human body, death ensues, so rapid detoxification is necessary. (Dunhuang manuscript of Xinxiu Bencao Vol. 10, Daguan Bencao Vol. 10, Zhenghe Bencao p. 243)
[Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Lateral Root)]
Pungent, sweet, warm, extremely hot, highly toxic. Mainly treats wind-cold cough with rebellious qi, evil qi, warms the middle jiao, metal wounds, breaks up hard masses and accumulations, blood masses. Cold-damp, spasms, knee pain, inability to walk. Treats cold weakness and pain in feet, wind-cold in waist and spine, cold pain in heart and abdomen, cholera with muscle spasms, dysentery with red and white discharge, strengthens muscles and bones, tonifies yin. Also causes abortion, regarded as the chief of hundred herbs. Grows in Jianwei mountain valleys and Guanghan. Harvested in August for Fuzi, harvested in spring for Wutou. Di Dan acts as its guide; it dreads Wu Gong, fears Fang Feng, Hei Dou, Gan Cao, Huang Qin, Ren Shen, Wu Jiu. Fuzi is harvested in early August; those with eight angles are superior. Whenever San Jian (Tian Xiong, Tian Nan Xing, Fuzi, etc., drugs with strong warming properties) are used, they are processed in hot ashes until they can be broken, not over-burnt; only in Jiang Fu Tang is it used raw. The world... (Daguan Bencao Vol. 10, Zhenghe Bencao p. 241)