Gangrene caused by topically applied home‐prepared aconite liniment

Conflicts of interest: No potential conflicts of interests are declared. of the crude drug Fu Zi, otherwise known as Radix Aconiti Lateralis Praeparata (1). It contains aconitine-type alkaloids, and has been used to alleviate severe pain and to treat rheumatic diseases from ancient times (2). Many aconite poisoning cases have been reported, most resulting from oral use, producing systemic symptoms (3). Here, we report a case of dry gangrene of the left leg caused by the topical use of a home-prepared aconite tincture (Fig. 1).