Fu Zi Fu Zi Fu Zi Prepared Aconite Root tcm herb traditional chinese medicine fu zi tcm herbal database

Fu Zi - Prepared Aconite Root

Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Root)

Clinical Applications

  • Restores devastated yang - extreme cold limbs with abundant cold symptoms.
  • Assists heart yang to unblock vessels and improve circulation, tonifies kidney yang to augment fire and avoid loss of the basal yang.
  • Warms fire and assists yang - any problem associated with weak heart, spleen, and/or kidneys.
  • Disperses cold, warms the channels, alleviates pain - wind-damp-cold bi, cold blocking organs, channels, sinews, bones or blood vessels.

Temperature & Taste

Acrid Hot (Re)

Channels Influenced

Heart Kidney Spleen

Dosage & Preparation

  • Dosage: 1.5-15g
  • Boil for 30-60 minutes before adding others.

Clinician Notes

  • Can be toxic to the central nervous system and the heart.

Cautions & Precautions

  • Avoid during Pregnancy.
  • Avoid in yin deficiency with false cold and true heat.
Relationships
TCM Formulas that include Fu Zi (6)