味甘，大温，有大毒。主治头面风去来疼痛，心腹结积关节重不能行步，除骨间痛，长
阴气，强志，令人武勇，力作不倦。又堕胎。生少室。二月采根，阴干。（远志为之使，恶
腐婢。）
《本经》原文∶天雄，味辛，温。主大风，寒湿痹，历节痛，拘挛缓急，破积聚邪气，
金创，强筋骨，轻身
味甘，大热，有毒。消胸上淡冷，食不下，心腹冷疾，脐间痛，肩胛痛不可俯仰，目
痛不可力视。又堕胎。
味辛，微温，有大毒。主治风湿，丈夫肾湿，阴囊痒，寒热历节，掣引腰痛，不能行
痈肿脓结。又堕胎。生朗陵。正月、二月采，阴干。长三寸以上为天雄。（莽草为之使
半夏、栝蒌、贝母、白蔹、白芨，恶藜芦。）
《本经》原文∶乌头，味辛，温。主中风恶风，洗洗出汗，除寒湿痹，咳逆上气，破积
聚寒热。其汁煎之名
味甘，大热，有大毒。主治脚疼冷弱，腰脊风寒心腹冷痛，霍乱转筋，下痢赤白，坚
肌骨，强阴。又堕胎，为百药长。生犍为及广汉。八月采为附子，春采为乌头。（地胆为之
使，恶蜈蚣，畏防风、甘草、黄 、人参、乌韭、大豆。）
《本经》原文∶附子，味辛，温。主风寒咳逆邪气，温中，金创，破症坚积聚，血瘕，
寒湿 ，拘挛膝
主治心痛，血痹（血液运行不畅导致的肢体麻木疼痛），面部各种疾病，能推动药势发挥效力，产于蜀郡。三月采收。
味甘，性大温，有大毒。主治头面部位风邪引起的游走性疼痛，心腹部的结块积聚、关节沉重导致行走困难，去除骨间疼痛，补长阴气，增强意志，使人勇武有力，劳作不知疲倦。又有堕胎作用。产于少室山。二月采收根部，阴干。（远志为其引经药，畏腐婢。）
《神农本草经》原文：天雄，味辛，性温。主治大风病，寒湿痹阻，历节痛（关节剧烈疼痛），拘挛或弛缓急迫，破除积聚邪气，治疗金创（金属利器造成的创伤），强壮筋骨，使身体轻健。
味甘，性大热，有毒。消除胸膈上的冷痰，饮食不下，心腹部冷疾，脐间疼痛，肩胛部疼痛导致不能俯仰，眼睛疼痛导致无法用力视物。又有堕胎作用。
味苦，有大毒。治疗尸疰症（一种具有传染性的慢性消耗性疾病）形成的坚硬肿块，以及头部中风引起的痹痛。
味辛，微温，有大毒。主治风湿病，男子肾经湿气下注导致的阴囊瘙痒，寒热交替的历节痛，牵引腰部的疼痛，导致不能行走，痈肿脓液凝结。又有堕胎作用。产于朗陵。正月、二月采收，阴干。长度在三寸以上的称为天雄。（莽草为其引经药；半夏、栝蒌、贝母、白蔹、白芨为其相畏药物；藜芦为其相反药物。）
《神农本草经》原文：乌头，味辛，性温。主治中风恶风，瑟瑟出汗，去除寒湿痹阻，咳嗽气逆上冲，破除积聚寒热。其汁液煎煮后名为……
味甘，性大热，有大毒。主治脚部疼痛冷弱，腰脊风寒引起的心腹冷痛，霍乱转筋（肌肉痉挛），下痢赤白（痢疾），坚固肌肤骨骼，强壮阴精。又有堕胎作用，被称为“百药长”。产于犍为及广汉。八月采收称为附子，春季采收称为乌头。（地胆为其引经药；畏蜈蚣；忌防风、甘草、黄芩、人参、乌韭、大豆。）
《神农本草经》原文：附子，味辛，性温。主治风寒引起的咳嗽气逆邪气，温中焦，治疗金创，破除症坚积聚，血瘕（腹内结块），寒湿痹阻，拘挛膝痛。
Treats heart pain, blood bi (impediment syndrome due to blood stasis), various diseases of the face, promotes the action of other medicines, and is produced in Shu Commandery. Harvested in March.
Sweet in taste, greatly warm in nature, highly toxic. Treats wind-induced migratory pain in the head and face, accumulations and masses in the heart and abdomen, heaviness in joints making walking difficult, removes bone pain, nourishes Yin Qi, strengthens willpower, makes one courageous and strong, allowing for labor without fatigue. It also causes abortion. Produced in Mount Shaoshi. The roots are harvested in February and dried in the shade. (Polygalae Radix [Yuanshi] acts as a guide drug; it is incompatible with Desmodii Caulis [Fubi].)
Original text from *Shennong Bencao Jing*: Tianxiong (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata - Tianxiong), pungent in taste, warm in nature. Treats severe wind, cold-damp bi, joint pain (li-jie pain), spasms or flaccidity, breaks up accumulations and eliminates pathogenic qi, treats metal injuries, strengthens sinews and bones, lightens the body.
Sweet in taste, greatly hot in nature, toxic. Eliminates cold phlegm in the chest, difficulty in eating, cold diseases of the heart and abdomen, pain around the umbilicus, shoulder blade pain preventing flexion and extension, eye pain preventing forceful vision. It also causes abortion.
Bitter in taste, highly toxic. Treats shizhu (a contagious chronic wasting disease) forming hard masses, and wind-bi pain in the head.
Pungent in taste, slightly warm in nature, highly toxic. Treats wind-dampness, dampness in the kidney channel causing scrotal itching in men, alternating chills and fever with joint pain, pulling pain in the lower back preventing walking, abscesses with pus accumulation. It also causes abortion. Produced in Langling. Harvested in January and February, dried in the shade. Those longer than three cun are called Tianxiong. (Arisaematis Rhizoma [Mangcao] acts as a guide drug; Pinelliae Rhizoma [Banxia], Trichosanthis Fructus [Gualou], Fritillariae Bulbus [Beimu], Ampelopsis Radix [Bailian], and Bletillae Rhizoma [Baiji] are substances it fears; Veratrum Rhizoma [Lilu] is an incompatible substance.)
Original text from *Shennong Bencao Jing*: Wutou (Aconiti Radix), pungent in taste, warm in nature. Treats wind-stroke with aversion to wind, shivering sweating, eliminates cold-damp bi, cough with rebellious qi, breaks up accumulations of cold and heat. Its juice, when boiled, is named...
Sweet in taste, greatly hot in nature, highly toxic. Treats painful cold weakness in the feet, cold pain in the heart and abdomen caused by wind-cold in the waist and spine, cholera with muscle cramps, dysentery with red and white discharge, consolidates muscles and bones, strengthens Yin essence. It also causes abortion and is known as the "Chief of Hundred Medicines." Produced in Qianwei and Guanghan. Harvested in August, it is called Fuzi; harvested in spring, it is called Wutou. (Thesium chinense [Dichan] acts as a guide drug; it fears Centipedae Corpus [Wugong]; it is averse to Saposhnikoviae Radix [Fangfeng], Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma [Gancao], Scutellariae Radix [Huangqin], Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma [Renshen], Allii Ulfini Bulbus [Wujiu], and Sojae Semen Preparatum [Dadou].)
Original text from *Shennong Bencao Jing*: Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata), pungent in taste, warm in nature. Treats wind-cold causing cough and rebellious qi, warms the middle jiao, treats metal injuries, breaks up hard masses and accumulations, blood masses (xiajia), cold-damp bi, and knee spasms.