Aconitum fischeri, Bong nga ser po, བོང་ང་སེར་པོ Bong nga ser po (Tibetan Medicine) Bao ye wu tou  薄叶乌头  (A. fischerii, TCM) Gong bu wu tou  工布乌头  (A. kongboense, TCM)

Aconitum tauricum
F.G. Hayne, Getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der in
der Arzneykunde gebräuchlichen Gewächse, vol. 12 (1833)

Aconitum fischeri
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 116 (1890)

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Botanical name:

Several Aconitum spp. are used as a source:
  1. Aconitum tauricum (syn. A. autumnale)
  2. A. kongboense
  3.. A. fischeri (some sources equate with Bong nga dkar po)

Parts used:

Root

Temperature & Taste:

Cool, dry. Pungent, Bitter. Poison (Tibetan)
Hot in TCM

Uses:

1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:
-Antidote
–meat poisoning
-poisoning of ‘Black’ Aconite (A. ferox etc.)
-Fever; Fever from excess Bile or Poison

2. Clears Wind and Damp, Relieves Pain:
-wind-damp joint pain
-Rheumatism

Dose:

1.5–6 grams

Main Combinations:

Major Formulas:

Notopterygium 29 Pills (Spru nag nyer dgu)

Cautions:

Toxic. Avoid overdose.

Main Preparations used: