As an excellent analgesic, aconite is highly toxic, hence, its detoxification has become an important topic to the medical professionals, ancient and modern. There is a rich contents with detailed descriptions, and many medicines for the detoxication of aconite in Wu shi er bing fang (Formularies for 52 Kinds of Disorders), being very unique in its method. It not only gives valuable experiences, but also opens an earliest example to detoxify aconite intoxication for later agas.
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