Posted on 08/23/2018 9:28:48 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
stored in the drawers, including Hyoscyamus Niger, which in medieval times "was often used in combination with other plants to a make ‘magic brews’ with psychoactive properties"; Aconitum Napellus, which in ancient Roman times "was a such a common poison of choice among murders and assassins that its cultivation was prohibited"; and Cicuta Virosa, which some have speculated "was the hemlock used by the ancient Greek Republic as the state poison but as it is a native of northern Europe this may not be true," but "is so toxic that a single bite into its root can be fatal" regardless.
(Excerpt) Read more at openculture.com ...
The Borgias host large dinners where the diners were poisoned and killed.
I kinda doubt the sleep poppy, papaver somniferum or the valerian, valeriana officinalis were to be used to off someone.
Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (aka Paracelsus): It is the dose that makes the poison.
Oh, and note the label on the valeriana drawer: Valeriana Off. Off! Now if that isn’t a clue to its purpose...;)
Ping!
Digitalis Purpurea would work better than Valerian Officinalis.
Top 10 Most Poisonous Plants
https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/ | AMY HUNTER & CLINT PUMPHREY
Posted on 06/27/2018 2:49:37 PM PDT by BBell
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Thanks Albion Wilde.
Man, are we lucky to be living today.
Interestingly (to me), when Japanese people think back to the Edo Era, they always imagine themselves as members of the tiny elite, and never a farmer (serf).
That is cool.
That is cool.
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