What does the attached tablet in the prescription mean?

All of them are processed products of traditional Chinese medicine Radix Aconiti Lateralis. Other varieties include processed Radix Aconiti Lateralis, salted Radix Aconiti Lateralis, planed Radix Aconiti Lateralis, bare Radix Aconiti Lateralis, raw Radix Aconiti Lateralis and cooked Radix Aconiti Lateralis.

The processing method of Rhizoma Typhonii tablets is as follows:

[Traditional technology] The soaked and rinsed aconite is steamed for nine times in a steamer, peeled and sliced, and the prepared aconite is crystal clear. After being broken by hand, the section looks like a glass section. Taste it with your mouth, it has a faint hemp taste but no salty, bitter and astringent taste.

[Modern technology] Soaked and rinsed Radix Aconiti Lateralis is steamed once in an industrial steamer at high temperature and high pressure, peeled and sliced.

The processing method of the black patch is as follows:

[Traditional technology] The soaked and rinsed aconite slices are mixed with brown sugar and vegetable oil and baked in the oven with slow fire. Generally, the black film does not peel off, and the color is red and yellow, but it is still transparent.

[Modern technology] The soaked and rinsed aconite was sliced and cooked with edible melanin.

In terms of efficacy, they are similar, but slightly different.

Generally speaking, Radix Aconiti Lateralis has the function of restoring Yang Qi, passing through the twelve meridians, and restoring Yuanyang (kidney yang) who lost his heart. Because aconite is very toxic, it is often processed into medicine. Among them, aconite processed products are the most commonly used, and the medicine takes effect quickly. Danfu tablets have mild efficacy; Black aconite tablet and aconite decoction pieces have similar effects; Baifu tablets are slightly inferior to the above ones. In addition, it must be emphasized that in the view of Chinese medicine, Rhizoma Typhonii is upward, can dispel wind and dry phlegm, and is used for the symptoms of wind phlegm on the head and face. Black aconite is just the opposite.