Editing Aconitum (section)

===Folk medicine===
[[File:Bushi2012.jpg|thumb|Plant as used in Chinese-style herbology ([[crude medicine]]) (in Japanese)]]

Aconite was described in Greek and Roman [[traditional medicine|folk medicine]] by [[Theophrastus]], [[Dioscorides]], and [[Pliny the Elder]],<ref>{{cite journal|author=Jackson, Robert|title=Notes on the History, Properties, and Uses of ''Aconitum napellus''|journal=The Lancet|volume=67|issue=1705|year=1856|pages=478–481|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(02)53058-0 |url=https://ia800708.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/22/items/crossref-pre-1909-scholarly-works/10.1016%252Fs0140-6736%252802%252952582-4.zip&file=10.1016%252Fs0140-6736%252802%252953058-0.pdf}}</ref> Folk medicinal use of ''Aconitum'' species is practiced in some parts of [[Slovenia]].<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Marija Povšnar|author2=Gordana Koželj|author3=Samo Kreft|author4=Mateja Lumpert|title=Rare tradition of the folk medicinal use of Aconitum spp. is kept alive in Solčavsko, Slovenia; |journal=Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine|date=2017|volume=13 |issue=1 |page=45 |doi=10.1186/s13002-017-0171-x |pmid=28789666 |pmc=5549329 |url=http://rdcu.be/uQ1i |doi-access=free }}</ref>

''Aconitum chasmanthum'' is listed as critically endangered,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/50126558/0|title=Aconitum chasmanthum|website=Iucnredlist.org|access-date=15 January 2018|date=2014-07-18}}</ref> ''Aconitum heterophyllum'' as endangered,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/50126560/0|title=Aconitum heterophyllum|website=Iucnredlist.org|access-date=15 January 2018|date=2014-07-18}}</ref> and ''Aconitum violaceum'' as vulnerable due to overcollection for use as an [[herbal medicine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/50126562/0|title=''Aconitum violaceum''|website=Iucnredlist.org|access-date=15 January 2018|date=2014-07-18}}</ref>

A producer of Yunnan Baiyao, a [[traditional Chinese medicine]] remedy, has disclosed the remedy contains aconite.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Should Recipes for Chinese Medicine Be Open? -- Beijing Review |url=http://www.bjreview.com.cn/forum/txt/2014-05/26/content_620815.htm |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=www.bjreview.com.cn}}</ref>