The flagship remedy of chinese medicine: Reflections on the toxicity and safety of aconite

Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn , Issue 100, 2012, Pages 36-41

  Fruehauf, Heiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aconite; Aconitum carmichaelii; Chuan Wu; Fire Spirit school; Fu Zi; Huoshen pai; Paozhi; Radix aconiti carmichaeli; Terroir; Toxicity of Chinese herbs; Traditional herb processing; WuTou; Yang qi

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM EXTRACT; TOXIN;

ACONITE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DETOXIFICATION; HEALTH SCIENCE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MARKET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MODERN TIMES; PHYSICIAN;

EID: 84891701853     PISSN: 01438042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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