Evidence supporting the use of: Prepared Aconite Tuber
For the health condition: Convulsions

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Synopsis

Source of validity: Traditional
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Prepared Aconite Tuber (commonly known as processed Aconitum or "Fuzi" in traditional Chinese medicine) has a long history of use in several traditional East Asian medical systems. Its main applications are for conditions such as heart failure, cold extremities, and pain syndromes. While it is sometimes included in complex herbal formulas aimed at treating neurological symptoms—including convulsions—there is little direct textual or empirical evidence that prepared aconite tuber is a primary or standard treatment for convulsions in traditional medicine. The theoretical justification in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is its "warming" properties and its purported ability to "restore Yang" and dispel internal cold, which might, in some formula contexts, be applied to convulsions due to "cold" or "Yang deficiency." However, this rationale is rooted in traditional theory rather than clinical trial evidence.

Scientific studies on prepared aconite tuber for convulsions are extremely limited and focus more on its toxicity and cardiotonic effects rather than anticonvulsant properties. Most modern research highlights the risks of toxicity and the need for careful processing and dose control. Therefore, the use of prepared aconite tuber for convulsions is supported primarily by tradition, and even then, only marginally and by association in some classical texts. There is no robust scientific validation for its use in convulsions.

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