The difference between epiphyllum and aconite is mainly manifested in the medicinal source, efficacy and precautions and so on.
1. medicinal source: epiphyllum for the buttercup plant aconite root of processed products, aconite for the buttercup plant aconite dried tuberous roots.
2. Efficacy and effect: the epiphyllum has the effect of returning yang to save the reverse (by warming the yang to save fainting, unconsciousness, etc.), replenishing the fire to help yang, dispersing cold and pain relief, used for the death of yang deficiency, kidney yang deficiency and decline, cold vomiting and diarrhea, cold and oedema and other symptoms of the disease. Aconite has the efficacy of dispelling wind and dampness, warming menstruation and relieving pain, and is used in the treatment of wind-cold-damp paralysis, joint pain, and cold pain in the heart and abdomen.
3. Precautions: Pregnant women should be cautious of the use of aconite and aconite, and aconite and aconite should not be used in conjunction with half-summers, piper betel, smallpox pollen and other medicinal herbs, which should be taken after concocting and should be first decocted, decocted for a long time.
If symptoms occur, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s instructions to take medication, do not blindly indiscriminate use of drugs, so as not to cause damage to the body.