Zhi Cao Wu / 制草乌 [製草烏] (processed Wild Aconite Root, Wild Aconite Tuber, Aconite Main Tuber)
Item
Title
Zhi Cao Wu / 制草乌 [製草烏] (processed Wild Aconite Root, Wild Aconite Tuber, Aconite Main Tuber)
Doc Hay's Shorthand
Wu Tou / 乌头, 乌实
生炒乌 (uncooked)
炙炒乌 (roasted)
炒乌
Latin name
Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix Praeparata
Aconiti Tsao-Wu-Tou Tuber
Herb Category
Nature of Herb
Translator's annotation
Also known as Cao Wu Tou / 草乌头 [草烏頭] and Cao Wu / 草乌
"This herb is prepared in the same manner as Aconiti Radix praeparata (Zhi Chuan Wu / 制川乌). [...] The toxicity of the unprepared aconite species is taken very seriously throughout the world, including China." (Bensky, p. 681)
Bibliographic Citation
Wiseman, N. (1995). English-chinese chinese-english dictionary of chinese medicine. p. 681
Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press. p. 680
Item Type (DCMI Type vocabulary URI)
PhysicalObject
Format of the digital image
image/jpeg
Rights
Rights Holder
Photograph courtesy of Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site
Owner of the Collection
State of Oregon
Source (the collection in which this object is found)
Kam Wah Chung Collection
KWC location ID
KWC2007.1.3481
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