Chinese: fu zi
English: Carmichael’s monkshood rhizome
Pharmaceutical: Aconiti Radix lateralis preparata
Properties: Acrid and sweet, hot, toxic
Standard Species: Aconitum carmichaeli Debx.
Aconitum carmichaeli Debx. - Hortus, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Photo by TH. Tanaka)
Aconitum napellus - Botanischer Garten der Universität Innsbruck, Austria (Photo by TH. Tanaka)
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