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Aconitum fischeri, Bong nga ser po, བོང་ང་སེར་པོ

Bong nga ser po (Tibetan Medicine)
Bao ye wu tou  薄叶乌头  (A. fischerii, TCM)
Gong bu wu tou  工布乌头  (A. kongboense, TCM)
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Aconitum tauricum
F.G. Hayne, Getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der in
der Arzneykunde gebräuchlichen Gewächse
, vol. 12 (1833)

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Aconitum fischeri
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 116 (1890)


Botanical name:
Several Aconitum spp. are used as a source:
  1. Aconitum tauricum (syn. A. autumnale)
  2. A. kongboense
  3.. A. fischeri (some sources equate with Bong nga dkar po)

Parts used:
Root

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Pungent, Bitter. Poison (Tibetan)
Hot in TCM

Uses:
1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:

-Antidote
-meat poisoning
-poisoning of
'Black' Aconite (A. ferox etc.)
-Fever; Fever from excess Bile or Poison

2. Clears Wind and Damp, Relieves Pain:
-wind-damp joint pain
-Rheumatism


Dose:
1.5–6 grams

Main Combinations:

Major Formulas:
Notopterygium 29 Pills (Spru nag nyer dgu)

Cautions:
Toxic. Avoid overdose.

Main Preparations used:

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