What are the processing methods for making aconite?

Choose a large and uniform mud aconite root, wash it, soak it in the water solution of edible gall overnight, add salt, continue to soak it, take it out and dry it every day, and gradually extend the drying time until a large number of crystalline salt particles (salt frost) appear on the surface of aconite root and its body becomes hard, which is commonly known as "salt aconite root".

Wash the mud aconite separately according to the size, soak it in the water solution of edible gall for several days, cook it with the immersion liquid until it penetrates through the heart, take out, take out Shui Piao, cut it into pieces with a thickness of about 0.5cm, then bleach it with water, dye the attached pieces in dark brown with color matching solution, take out, steam it until it appears oily and shiny, then dry it to a half-dry, and then dry it or continue to dry it, commonly known as "black film". Select the mud aconite with uniform size, wash it, soak it in the water solution of edible gall for several days, cook it with the immersion liquid until it penetrates the heart, take it out, peel off the skin, cut it into pieces with a thickness of about 0.3cm, soak it in water, take it out, steam it thoroughly, and dry it in the sun, which is commonly known as "Rhizoma Typhonii tablets".

What is the difference between raw aconite and cooked aconite?

Raw aconite is very toxic. The toxicity of prepared aconite is much less than that of raw aconite after a certain process. Traditional Chinese medicine chemical composition of aconite root: aconite root contains aconitine, aconitine, aconitine and aconitine, namely racemic hederamine, palmatine chloride, isophytol, benzoyl aconitine, neoaconitine, aconitine, aconitine, deoxyaconitine, aconitine, pseudoaconitine, uracil and aconitine.

The content of aconitine in raw aconite is very high, and the toxicity of prepared aconite is small. Raw aconite is generally not used, and other drugs are used instead. The prepared aconite root, like dried ginger and ginseng, can strengthen yang, save adverse reactions and prolong life.