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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Aconitum sp

Common Name
Wu T'Ou; Ts'Ao Wu; Mu Pieh Tzu; Ch'Uan Wu T'Ou; T'U Fu Tzu; Aconite; Herba Lobo

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Poison US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison(Arrow) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Respiratory Elsewhere *
Rheumatism China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Sedative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Stimulant China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Stimulant China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Throat Elsewhere *