Prepared Cao Wu may cause side effects such as nausea and vomiting, restlessness, panic and shortness of breath, and coma.
Prepared Cao Wu is obtained from the concoction of Cao Wu, which reduces the toxicity of raw Cao Wu. Cao Wu is the tuberous root of Aconite, Bei Aconite or many other plants of the same genus in the buttercup family, with pungent and bitter taste, hot nature, and great toxicity, and is attributed to the heart, spleen, liver and kidney meridians. It has the efficacy of dispelling wind and dampness (dispelling wind and dampness in the body), warming menstruation and relieving pain.
This product can be used for wind-cold-dampness paralysis (the three evils of wind, cold and dampness invade the body resulting in paralysis of the limbs), joint pain, and cold pain in the heart and abdomen (feeling cold and painful at the location of the heart, mouth and abdomen) and other conditions.
Note that this product is usually used after preparation, and caution should be exercised when taking raw products internally. It is contraindicated in cases of yin deficiency and fire exuberance (deficiency of yin essence in the body, resulting in hyperactivity of deficiency fire), pain in hot conditions and pregnant women. It should not be used with Semen xia, Psidium guajava, smallpox pollen, shellac, Ampelopsis japonica, Bai He.
The use of this product should be under the guidance of a professional doctor, and should not be used on its own to avoid danger.