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温化寒痰药(有毒) · Warm phlegm-transforming; classically toxic

Giant Typhonium Rhizome bái fù zǐ · 白附子

Typhonium giganteum

Nature and flavour. Pungent, sweet; warm; listed as toxic in the classical materia medica; Stomach and Liver systems.

Used in the classical literature for wind-phlegm, facial deviation, spasm and for nodules and snake bite. Only the processed form is used internally; the raw tuber is not.

性味归经。辛、甘,温;传统本草列为有毒;归胃、肝经。

传统用于风痰、口眼歪斜、痉挛以及瘰疬、毒蛇咬伤。内服只用炮制品,生品不内服。

Classical category · no formulas, no dosages, no herb-drug combinations are given.
Safety. Two confusions matter here. First, 白附子 is NOT 附子 (Aconitum carmichaeli, the aconite) — the names are one character apart and the drugs are unrelated, and this confusion has caused aconite poisoning. Second, the separate drug 关白附 IS an aconite species and should not be treated as the same thing. Being an arum (Araceae), the raw tuber contains needle-sharp calcium oxalate raphides and causes immediate burning and swelling of the mouth and throat. Classically contraindicated in pregnancy. Never a self-care item.

两处混淆必须说清。其一,白附子不是附子(乌头子根)—— 两者只差一字、来源无关,这一混淆曾造成乌头中毒。其二,「关白附」实为乌头属另一种,不应等同。本品属天南星科,生品含草酸钙针晶,可立刻引起口舌咽喉灼痛肿胀。传统列为孕妇禁用。绝不是可自行使用的药材。

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