Well apparently the word `wolfsbane` comes from it being used to tip arrows to shoot wolves with, so it has at least been used for poisoning arrows within the last thousand years or so. Maybe longer? who knows eh!
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Well apparently the word `wolfsbane` comes from it being used to tip arrows to shoot wolves with, so it has at least been used for poisoning arrows within the last thousand years or so. Maybe longer? who knows eh!
xylaria
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Aconite was used to poison arrows of the greeks. Wolfbane and monkhoods are other names for it.
I have eaten hogweed shoots, and have little extra freckles on my hand forn the scars of gaint hogweed. There is recipe on here for flan with hogweed shoots in.
I have eaten hogweed shoots, and have little extra freckles on my hand forn the scars of gaint hogweed. There is recipe on here for flan with hogweed shoots in.
Amanita phalloides (Death Cap).
This WILL kill you if ingested, even in relatively small quantities, unless you are fortunate enough to get a liver transplant very rapidly.
There is no known antidote, and only a few supportive medicines that can "Improve survivability", but not neutralise the poison.
Hemlock can be treated with supportive medicine (ventilation) until the liver can metabolise it, as can any paralytic.
I guess I'm thinking of it from an attack/defence point of view (Security is my trade), and from that perspective I'd be more worried about Atropa belladonna (Nightshade, containing atropine) or Digitalis than hemlock. Nightshade is again fairly easy to treat (if caught quickly and depending on dose), but digitalis toxicity can really screw your heart up.
This WILL kill you if ingested, even in relatively small quantities, unless you are fortunate enough to get a liver transplant very rapidly.
There is no known antidote, and only a few supportive medicines that can "Improve survivability", but not neutralise the poison.
Hemlock can be treated with supportive medicine (ventilation) until the liver can metabolise it, as can any paralytic.
I guess I'm thinking of it from an attack/defence point of view (Security is my trade), and from that perspective I'd be more worried about Atropa belladonna (Nightshade, containing atropine) or Digitalis than hemlock. Nightshade is again fairly easy to treat (if caught quickly and depending on dose), but digitalis toxicity can really screw your heart up.
Matthew.Passmore
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Haha, so he was!
They use it in heart medication, too. I'm pretty sure you can't difibrillate in digitalis toxicity.
Don't remember why.
They use it in heart medication, too. I'm pretty sure you can't difibrillate in digitalis toxicity.
Don't remember why.
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