Aconitum chasmanthum, Vatsanabha Indian Napellus, Indian Aconite, Nepal Aconite (A. ferox)Vatsanabha, Visha, Bish (Ayurveda)Mohri (Hindi)Visha Navi (Siddha)Bong nga nag po  བོང་ང་ནག་པོ  (Tibetan)Sman chen (A spicatum, Tibetan)Beesh (Unani)Zhan Hua Wu Tou (A. chasmanthum, TCM)Ni Bo Er Wu Tou (A. ferox, TCM)Tie Bang Chui   铁棒锤 (A. flavum, A. pendulum, TCM) Aconitum feroxF.E. Kohler, Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 3 (1890) Botanical name: Aconitum spp.Several varieties of Aconitum are recognised as supplying the market for Vatsanabha:, equated with the Bong nga nag po (‘Black Aconite’) of Tibetan Medicine A. chasmanthum (syn. A. napellus var. hians) A. deinorrhizum (Kashmir) A. ferox (syn. A. atrox) A. flavum (Tibet, West China) A. pendulum (syn. A. szechenylanum) A. violaceum (Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Unani) A. balfourii (Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal) A. falconeri (Nepal, Sikkim, East Himalayas) A. laciniatum (Nepal, Sikkim, East Himalayas, Darjeeling) A. spicatum–Sman chen (Nepal, Sikkim, East Himalayas, Darjeeling) A. rotundifolium (syn. A. napellus Linn. var. rotundifolium) (Unani) A. napellus has occasionally been listed as a source of Vatsanabha; this earlier identification turned out to be incorrect, however A. ferox and others have been used in Europe as A. napellus due to their similar alkaloidal content and medicinal effects. Further, A. napellus is used in Buryat as a source of…

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