일반명 오두
일반명-영어 Prepared aconite, prepared daughter root of common monk's hood
라틴명 Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata
이명 백파관(白波串), 신라백육(新羅白肉)
학명 Aconitum carmichaeli Debeaux (오두)
기원 오두 (烏頭) Aconitum carmichaeli Debeaux (미나리아재비과 Ranunculaceae)의 자근 (子根)을 가공하여 만든 염부자 (鹽附子), 부자편 (附子片) 및 포부자

약성/귀경
맵고 달고(辛甘) 매우 뜨겁고 유독하다(大熱有毒).
심(心)과 비(脾)와 신경(腎經)에 작용한다.

효능
회양구역(回陽救逆), 보화조양(補火助陽), 온경산한(溫經散寒), 제습지통(除濕止痛), 산한통락(散寒通絡)

회양구역(回陽救逆): a therapeutic method of using a large dose of warmor hot-natured medicinals to prevent the patient from collapsing, the same as to restore yang
보화조양(補火助陽): a therapeutic method to treat kidney yang deficiency by using yang-warming and kidney-tonifying medicinals; the same as to tonify the kidney fire
온경산한(溫經散寒): a therapeutic method of using yang-warming, cold dissipating and collateral-opening medicinals to treat pattern/syndrome of cold congealing in the meridian/channel
산한(散寒): a therapeutic method of dissipating external cold pathogen
통락(通絡): a therapeutic method used to relieve obstruction of collateral vessels