There are differences in medicinal properties, efficacy and application among Chuanwu, Caowu and appendicitis.
Chuanwu for the buttercup plant aconite dry mother root; Caowu for the buttercup plant northern aconite dry tuberous root; epiphyllum buttercup plant aconite cotyledon of processed products.
1. Medicinal properties, attribution: Chuanwu, Caowu taste pungent, bitter, hot; have a large poison. Attributed to the heart, liver, kidney, spleen meridian; epiphyllum taste pungent, sweet, hot; toxic. Attributed to the heart, kidney and spleen meridians.
2. Effects: Chuanwu and Caowu can dispel wind and dampness, warm the menstruation and relieve pain; Radix Angelicae Sinensis can restore yang and save the body from fainting and unconsciousness by warming and tonifying yang qi, tonifying fire and assisting yang, dispersing cold and relieving pain.
3. Indications: Chuanwu and Caowu are used for wind-cold and dampness paralysis, joint pain, cold pain in the heart and abdomen, cold hernia and anesthesia; Radix Aesculi are used for the death of yang deficiency, cold limbs and pulse, cardiac yang insufficiency, pectoral paralysis (chest tightness and pain), cardiac pain, cold vomiting and diarrhea, epigastric and abdominal cold pain (cold pain in the stomach and abdomen), renal yang deficiency, impotence, cold uterus, cold and oedema, yang deficiency and cold dampness paralysis and pain.
Chuanwu and Caowu raw products should be taken internally with caution; pregnant women are forbidden to use, pregnant women should be cautious of the use of epiphyllum; all three should not be used in the same way with half-summers, piper betel, piper betel, piper betel skin, smallpox pollen, Chuanpeimen, Zhebeimen.
It is recommended to use medication under the guidance of a doctor, do not take medication on your own.