Botanical Name : Aconitum spp.
Sanskrit name : Visha, Vatsnabh
English Name : Monkshood, Wolfsbane
Family : Ranunculaceae

Plant Parts Used : Root

Description of Acacia Concinna :
Monkshood is an herbaceous perennial. It has a tuberous root much like ginger-root or a crocus.  It is over 3 ft tall. The leaves are lobed or cleft. The flowers cluster at the end of the stems and are few. The flowers are shaped like a hood or helmet and the petals appear clawed. The fruit is a follicle with several seeds that are ellipsoid and beaked. A. uncinatum flowers are blue while those of A. reclinatum are yellow or white. Aconitum spp. are commonly used in Asian herbal medicines and have been linked to poisonings via medicinal use.

In the Ayurvedic system of medicine, the rhizomes are considered to possess anti-spasmodic, carminative and anthelmintic properties, and, are used for the treatment of a host of diseases such as epilepsy and other mental ailments, chronic diarrhoea, dysentery, bronchial catarrh, intermittent fevers, glandular and abdominal tumours. They are also used to treat kidney and liver troubles, rheumatism and eczema.

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