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.
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!
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.