| Aconitum heterophyllum | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Aconitum |
| Species: | A. heterophyllum |
| Binomial name | |
| Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. ex Royle 1834 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Aconitum heterophyllum Wallich | |
Aconitum heterophyllum, also called atish/atis/patis/ativish/atvika, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Aconitum. It is used in Indian systems of traditional medicine including Ayurveda and called विषा or अतिविषा (IAST: viṣā, ativiṣā) in Sanskrit.
Available in the slopes in sub alpine and alpine areas between 2500- 3500m. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Pakistan and Nepal.
Medicinal Use : Roots are used to cure dysentery, diarrhea, fever, malarial fever, cough, cold colic, headache, piles, hysteria, throat infection, cure for dyspepsia, especially when appetite is lost after illness and also in vomiting, abdominal pain and diabetes. It also checks excessive menstrual flow. Fresh leaves used to cure toothache.
References
- Ved, D.; Saha, D.; Ravikumar, K.; Haridasan, K. (2015). "Aconitum heterophyllum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T50126560A79579556. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-3.RLTS.T50126560A79579556.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Aconitum heterophyllum Wallich ex Royle, Illus. Bot. Himal. t.13. 1833 & 56. 1834; Rau in B.D.Sharma & al., Fl. India 1: 15.1993.
- "Images and Information of Aconitum heterophyllum". www.medicinalplants.in. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
- Singh, Thakur Balwant; Chunekar, K. C. (1999). Glossary of Vegetable Drugs in Brhattrayı̄. Varanasi: Chaukhamba Amarabharati Prakashan.
Further reading
- Paramanick, Debashish; Panday, Ravindra; Shukla, Shiv Shankar; Sharma, Vikash (2017). "Primary Pharmacological and Other Important Findings on the Medicinal Plant "Aconitum Heterophyllum" (Aruna)". Journal of Pharmacopuncture. 20 (2): 89–92. doi:10.3831/KPI.2017.20.011. PMC 5532466. PMID 30087784.
- Aconitum heterophyllum Wallich ex Royle, Illus. Bot. Himal. t.13. 1833 & 56. 1834; Rau in B.D.Sharma & al., Fl. India 1: 15.1993.
- Usher, George (1974). A dictionary of plants used by man. London: Constable. p. 18. ISBN 0094579202.