There is actually no difference between the prepared Aconitum and Lute Technology. Both are actually the same thing, with the functions and effects of analgesia, kidney-nourishing and Yang-tonifying. Many people still feel that the prepared Aconitum and Lute Technology are different, and the methods of use are also different, so they often feel confused. Many merchants take advantage of this confusion to sell products with malicious intent. Now let’s talk about the actual differences between processed Aconitum and Chinese herbal medicine preparation Lute Technology.

Processed Aconitum is a processed product of the rhizome of Aconitum carmichaelii, a green plant of the Aconitaceae family. It is harvested from mid-June to early August, removing the mother root, root hairs, and fine sand, commonly known as ‘mud processed Aconitum’. After being processed with salt, water washing, boiling, frying, and other traditional Chinese medicine preparation methods, the toxicity and side effects are reduced, known as ‘processed Aconitum’. The salt-processed Aconitum is conical, 4~7cm in length, and 3~5cm in diameter. The surface is black and gray, covered with salt frost, with concave scars on the top, and with tuberous protrusions or tuberous root scars around. The weight is light, the cross-section is dark red, and it can be seen that there are small gaps filled with salt frost and polygonal formation layer annular patterns, and the soft tube bundles inside the annular patterns are not orderly.

Black Shunpian is longitudinally cut into slices, with the upper part wider and the lower part narrower, 1.7~5cm in length, 0.9~3cm in width, and 0.2~0.5cm in thickness. The surface is deep brown, the cross-section is dark yellow, bright and glossy, transparent, and has longitudinal guiding canals. It is hard and brittle, with a corneous layer in the cross-section. The smell is faint, and the taste is light.

The processing technology of Chinese herbal medicine preparation Lute is the rhizome of Aconitum carmichaelii, a green plant of the Aconitaceae family, with the function of restoring Yang and reversing, warming the interior and expelling coldness, relaxing the meridians and stopping pain, etc. It is produced in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Gansu and other places. The功效 of Poria is acrid, hot, and harmful. It is deeply rooted in the heart, spleen, and spleen meridian. It contains a variety of flavonoids: Hypaconitine, Aconitine, Mesaconitine, Talatisamine, Cimicifuginine, and Cimicifuginine B, etc. Experimental results show that it has the effects of adrenal growth hormone, and can also excite the sympathetic nervous central. In addition, it also has the effects of clearing the brain, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic.