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!
Sum ting wong.
Wi tu sik
“Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown”
bump just in case ya’ll have any of this stuff in your
pantry.