Aconitum flavum explained

Aconitum flavum (伏毛鐵棒鎚, Chinese interpretation : Fluff iron hammer) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Aconitum of the family Ranunculaceae, native and endemic to northwestern Sichuan, northern Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, southern Ningxia and southern Inner Mongolia.^{[1] [2] [3]}

It grows at a grassy slope or sparse forest at an altitude of 2000–3700 meters.

Ethnobotanical medicinal value

Roots are used for rheumatoid arthritis, joint pain or partial muscle soreness and numbness, chronic pain after bone fracture, recurrent tinea, favus, persistent pain of bruises.^{[4] [5]}

Roots can eliminate drunkenness, opium poisoning, traumatic bleeding, rheumatism, bone pain, etc.

Used for ethnic group and medicine name

• Bai people, medicine name【白藥 : 嘿德】
• Lis people, medicine, name【僳僳藥 : 垛箭】
• Nakhi people, medicine name【纳西藥 : 堵那】
• Yi people, medicine name【彝藥 : 都拉】

Phytochemical

• Aconitine
• napelline
• 3-Acetylaconitine
• flavaconitine
• 3-deoxyaconitine
• dehydronapelline
• 1-epinapelline
• 12-epinapelline
• 12-acetyllucidusculine
• 1-demethylhypaconitine
• lucidusculine
• benzoylaconine
• neoline
• flavadine
• flavamine
• flavaconidine
• N-acetylflavaconitine
• flavaconijine^[6]

Notes and References

1. 24218966 . 2013 . Fu . X. Y. . Study on chemical components of Aconitum flavum and their inflammatory and analgesic effects . Zhong Yao Cai . 36 . 5 . 747–51 . Kang . X. L. . Zhang . B. T. . Jia . X. .
2. Study on diterpene alkaloids from the roots of Aconitum flavum . Journal of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences . 41 . 24 . 1851–4 .
3. 10.1016/j.bjp.2014.11.013 . Anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive activities of non-alkaloids fractions from Aconitum flavum in vivo . Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia . 25 . 47–52 . 2015 . Zhang . Yuanbin . Shu . Zhiheng . Yin . Lei . Ma . Ling . Wang . Xinfang . Fu . Xueyan . free .
4. Book: Zhongguo min zu yao zhi yao. 2005. Zhongguo yi yao ke ji chu ban she. Jia, Minru., Li, Xingwei., 贾敏如., 李星炜.. 978-7506732512. Di 1 ban. Beijing Shi. 70818372.
5. Book: Zhongguo Zhong yao zi yuan zhi yao. 1994. Ke xue chu ban she. Zhongguo yao cai gong si., 中囯药材公司.. 978-7030031389. Di 1 ban. Beijing. 33014781.
6. Liang. Yongfeng. Chen. Zuotao. Liu. Lihong. Liu. Shiwei. Zhang. Guanghong. 2009. ren gong zhong zhi fu mao tie bang chui de hua xue cheng fen yan jiu. Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs. 6. 862–865.