Posted on 03/10/2017 11:13:52 PM PST by nickcarraway
I used to grow this plant in Illinois for its beauty but always understood it to be very poisonous. I was surprised to see it listed for sale in an herbalist web site the other day and wondered what they did to it to eliminate the toxin...
Guess that’s still a problem.
Pontifications on Poison
Being some ramblings on events associated with poisonous plants.
http://www.thepoisongarden.co.uk/blog/blog111111.htm
>> With no antidote, Aconite is commonly called monkshood, helmet flower, ...
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I just visited San Francisco, and stayed very near Chinatown. I’m glad I didn’t go into Chinatown and buy tea!
I am an insomniac and used to buy this great herbal cure in Chinatown. It came in a great box with a dozen tiny vials of pills.
You pulled the tiny cork and took two pills. After about 30 minutes, your heart would flutter and you fell asleep. These pills cost about $8.00 for a box of about 10 vials.. A friend and I took them every night.
But neither of us could explain the heart flutter even though it was totally effective.
I stopped taking it. Too bad no one tested those things!
Sum ting wong.
Wi tu sik
My wife has been spending a lot of time online lately. Now she is mandating I drink more tea because It’s good for me. I think I am going to worry about this.
“Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown”
Mi so sic
Me so sic
o.O
I’d worry if it’s some off the wall tea like what the story mentions. We only drink black tea by Bigelow. Black tea is supposed to have some health benefits.
bump just in case ya’ll have any of this stuff in your
pantry.
But it’s “all natural.” Pretty sure it’s also “organic” and “gluten-free.” Good thing it doesn’t have any evil “chemicals” in it either, otherwise it might be bad for you.
Hunt down some loose-leaf black tea, like Ceylonese or Oolong. More work to prepare it (you need one of those metal infuser balls) but SOOOOOO good!
Did the same guy give you a cute little creature and tell you not to feed it after midnight, or get it wet?
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