Prepared Aconite Slices Classic Formulas

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Restores devastated Yang and rescues collapse - Fu Pian is a prepared aconite slice used when cold collapse presents with cold limbs, a faint pulse, somnolence, or severe Yang exhaustion and a rapid warming response is needed.
Warms Heart, Spleen, and Kidney Yang - it treats deep cold with weak circulation, edema, watery diarrhea, abdominal cold pain, fatigue, and failure of transformation in deficient-cold patterns.
Warms the channels and disperses cold-damp pain - the slice form is widely used for cold Bi, fixed joint pain, and cold low-back or knee pain that improves with heat.
Assists fire and supports Mingmen function - it is added to formulas for impotence, cold womb, frequent urination, or chronic lower-body weakness when Yang deficiency predominates.

Si Ni Tang - classic rescue formula pairing Fu Zi-type aconite with Gan Jiang and Zhi Gan Cao for Shaoyin collapse, icy extremities, and a faint pulse.
Zhen Wu Tang - warms Spleen and Kidney Yang while mobilizing water for edema, dizziness, abdominal pain, and deep deficient cold.
Gui Zhi Fu Zi Tang - channel-warming formula for wind-cold-damp painful obstruction with deep cold and joint pain.
Fu Zi Tang - deficiency-cold painful-obstruction formula for chronic joint pain, heaviness, and weakness with internal cold and Qi-Blood insufficiency.

Chinese Pharmacopoeia descriptions of prepared aconite slices emphasize strong heat, toxicity, and use for reversal of devastated Yang, warming fire, and dispersing cold pain rather than casual tonic use.
Classical Shang Han Lun and Jin Gui traditions consistently decoct Fu Zi-type preparations first and pair them with stabilizing herbs such as Gan Jiang, Gan Cao, Bai Zhu, or Fu Ling according to the pattern being treated.
Paozhi traditions distinguish commercial slice forms such as Hei Shun Pian and Bai Fu Pian, reflecting the longstanding need to process the lateral root before clinical use.