Critical Illnesses and Difficult Diseases Relying on Aconite - A Collection of Experiences by Modern Famous Physicians Using Aconite

Author: Xing Bin, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Aconite is a crucial, potent, and powerful medicine in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinical practice. It is pungent and warm in nature, excelling in warming yang, yet it is not limited to treating yang deficiency syndromes. Practice has proven that whether in critical and severe conditions or chronic and difficult-to-treat diseases, aconite plays a significant therapeutic role. Precisely because of its broad application range and outstanding efficacy, it has been highly esteemed by numerous renowned TCM practitioners throughout history. However, aconite is also a highly toxic medicine, and some doctors are averse to it, severely limiting its clinical use. How to safely, effectively, comprehensively, and flexibly apply aconite to maximize its unique therapeutic potential is an important issue. This book extensively collects and systematically organizes the experiences of 69 modern TCM masters, including Yun Tieqiao, Zhu Weiju, Hao Peiheng, Xu Xiaopu, and others, in using aconite and aconite-based formulas. It covers various aspects such as the efficacy, primary indications, contraindications, compatibility, dosage, toxicity, and prevention/treatment methods of aconite. The book is characterized by comprehensive data collection, unique experience mining, and a wide scope of research. An introduction is included at the beginning to systematically elaborate and explore related issues. Annotations, explanations, analyses, summaries, extensions, supplementary materials, editor's insights, and suggestions for further research are interspersed throughout the text, making this book not only a compilation of references but also a research-oriented work.