Tibetan medicine

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Aconitum naviculare is an important ethnomedicinal plant of the trans-Himalayan region including Tibet. Amchis (traditional herbal healer trained in Tibetan medicine) as well as individual local people use this plant for traditional healthcare. 

Gao, L., Wei, X. and Yang, L. (2004). A New diterpenoid alkaloid from a Tibetan medicinal herb Aconitum naviculare Stapf. Journal of Chemical Research, 4 307-308. 

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Traditional use Infusions and decoctions of the aboveground parts are used to treat deafness, malignant tumors, and applied to eyes to treat conjunctivitis. In Tibetan medicine a decoction of the aboveground parts is used to treat heart diseases, gastritis, and gynecological diseases. The rhizomes are used to treat pneumonia and gynecological diseases (Plant Resources of the USSR 1990). 

Traditional use An infusion of the fresh aboveground parts is drank as a hemostatic, analgesic, sedative, and diuretic for people with swelling associated with heart or kidney diseases. A bath or compresses soaked with the infusion are used to treat rheumatism, various skin diseases, scrofula, and furunculosis. The rhizomes are used as to strengthen the libido. In Tibetan medicine, the rhizomes are used to treat pneumonia and Uver diseases (Shreter 1975 Akopov 1990). 

Traditional use The plant is used as an antiemetic. In Tibetan medicine this species is used to treat edema and gynecological diseases (Akopov 1990). Decoction or tea of the aboveground parts is recommended to treat epilepsy, jaundice, edema, lung tuberculosis, nose bleeds, gastrointestinal ailments, common colds, and gynecological diseases, as well as a general tonic. The herb is used in a poultice to treat bruises, wounds, abscesses, and rheumatism. A decoction of the roots is drunk to treat diarrhea, ulcers, and hver and kidney diseases. A tea of the seeds and herb is drank to treat side pains, headache, dizziness, and bronchitis (Khodzhimatov 1989 Mamedov et al. 2004). 

TVaditional use The aboveground parts are used as a demulcent, hemostatic and to heal wounds. A tincture is used to treat diarrhea and as a diuretic. A poultice is used to treat rectal prolapse and prolapsed hemorrhoids. The crashed, dry or fresh herb is applied as a compress to treat abscesses. In the Bryansk area of Russia a decoction of the roots is used to treat hepatitis. In the Tibetan medicine, the aboveground parts are used to treat swelling, ascites, and as a hemostatic (Plant Resources of the USSR 1987). 

He YQ, Yao BH, Ma ZY (2011) Diterpenoid alkaloids from a Tibetan medicinal plant Aconitum richardsonianum var. pseudosessiliflorum and their cytotoxic activity. J Pharm Anal 1 57-59... 

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