In Slovenia, the aconite plant was also familiar to many ordinary people. Doctors also prescribed aconite extract internally to treat headache, toothache, cough, and fever. It was also used in a liquid formulation for rinsing and gargling for the treatment of colds, sore throats and inflammation of the respiratory tract. Aconite extract was used externally for trigeminal neuralgia, lumbago, sciatica, arthritis, gout, and rheumatism because of its anesthetic properties. A Slovenian pharmacognosist, Pavle Bohinc, described the medicinal use of aconite in a book about the cultural history of natural ingredients (1992). The handbook also mentioned the internal use of aconite herb prepared in powders and pills and used for rheumatism, gout, and neuralgia in France.
The extract was also used externally (in liniments for rubbing). Tincture of aconite roots was used internally for neuralgia. Extract of aconite roots was used internally for rheumatism and gout it was prepared as pills or drops for oral administration. Medicinal use of aconite roots was described in the German handbook of general and special prescriptions for doctors, Handbuch der allgemeinen und speziellen Arzneiverordnungslehre für Ärzte (1929). The sixth edition of DAB (1926) no longer contained a monograph on aconite. (1869, 1889), the first five editions of the German Pharmacopoeia, Deutsches Arzneibuch (DAB) (1872, 1882, 1890, 1900, and 1910), contained a monograph on aconite root (Tubera Aconiti) and a recipe for aconite tincture (Tinctura Aconiti).
Furthermore, similar to the sixth and the seventh editions of Ph. Austr., the Pharmacopoeia for the Kingdom of Württemberg, Pharmakopöe für das Königreich Württemberg (1847), also described aconite herb in a monograph entitled Herba Aconiti and included a recipe for aconite tincture. Similar to the first five editions of the Ph. Timeline of use of aconite species ( Aconitum spp.) in German pharmacopoeias and official pharmacopoeias of the Slovenian territory in the nineteenth century and in the beginning of the twentieth century However, toxic and lethal doses of aconitine (Aconitinum) and aconite root (Aconiti tuber) were provided in addition, the symptoms and treatment of intoxication with aconitine were described. Similarly, no monograph or recipe for aconite was included in the first Yugoslavian Pharmacopeia, Pharmacopoeia jugoslavica (1933), which became the official pharmacopoeia of the Slovenian territory in 1935. Between 19, the second edition of the Serbian Pharmacopeia, Pharmacopoeia serbica editio secunda (1908), was the official pharmacopoeia of the Slovenian territory it did not contain aconite. (1906), which was the official pharmacopoeia of the Slovenian territory until 1926. Aconite was not included in the eighth edition of Ph. can be used for the preparation of aconite extract and aconite tincture. The monograph specified that the roots of Aconitum napellus Linn., Aconitum neomontanum Wulf., and Aconitum tauricum Wulf. (18) contained a monograph on aconite root (Radix Aconiti). A monograph entitled Aconitum (or Herba Aconiti) and a recipe for the extract of aconite herb was included in the first five editions of Ph. Austr.), was the official pharmacopoeia of the Slovenian territory in the nineteenth century.
The Austrian Pharmacopeia, Pharmacopoeia Austriaca (Ph. This genus is still used as home medicine and food in central China. The informants reported nine poisonings with Aconitum spp., but none of them occurred as a result of medicinal use of the extract.Īconitum species belong to the Ranunculaceae family, and they have been used in both Western and Eastern medicine for centuries. The extract was measured in drops, but the number of drops differed among the informants. Informants reported many indications for the use of the extract it was used internally and, in some cases, externally as well. Three extracts were analyzed, and 2 contained aconitine. Four informants kept the extract at home two extracts were prepared recently (19). Most likely, the roots of Aconitum tauricum and Aconitum napellus were used for the preparation of the extract, and the solvent was homemade spirits. Seven informants were unable to describe the preparation in detail, since they knew of the extract only from the narration of others or they remembered it from childhood. and their therapeutic use, and 5 of them provided a detailed description of the preparation and use of “voukuc”, an ethanolic extract made from aconite roots.
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