tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post3331871806671392393..comments2023-07-15T04:39:59.759-07:00Comments on Genomics, Medicine, and Pseudoscience: Get your wolfsbane here! Cures headaches, only $16 a bottleSteven Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16549957293973146438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-21881544144225919432015-11-13T07:00:41.411-08:002015-11-13T07:00:41.411-08:00A good read on it's history and preparation in...A good read on it's history and preparation in China. http://www.arnaudversluys.com/files/fruehauf_aconite-toxicity.pdfAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562784064288568843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-56941860269325824022015-11-13T06:51:03.182-08:002015-11-13T06:51:03.182-08:00Processed Aconite (Fu Zi) is a commonly used and i...Processed Aconite (Fu Zi) is a commonly used and important herb in Tradtional Chinese Medicine. Again dosage is everything.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562784064288568843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-11831256447452401462015-11-10T10:56:38.498-08:002015-11-10T10:56:38.498-08:00Yes, I too was going to say that brushing against ...Yes, I too was going to say that brushing against wolfbane, or cutting the flowering stalks for a flower arrangement, or staking up their too tall stems, virtually any normal gardening activity will not result in any harm. But please don't eat the wolfbane. The Phytophactorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064894836161407416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-76713028233975625722015-11-09T13:36:53.862-08:002015-11-09T13:36:53.862-08:00Pat, thanks for the useful additional info about w...Pat, thanks for the useful additional info about wolfsbane. I found The Poison Garden site when researching this article, but I went with the Zitbits site, perhaps erroneously. In any case, wolfsbane is not likely to cure a headache - and homeopathic concentrations aren't going to have any effect at all. As with all homeopathy, it's just magical thinking.Steven Salzberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16549957293973146438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-56365428859561817092015-11-09T13:07:20.224-08:002015-11-09T13:07:20.224-08:00Hmmm.
Wolfsbane got its name as it was used to ki...Hmmm.<br /><br />Wolfsbane got its name as it was used to kill (ordinary) wolves in Classical Greece. Wolfsbane was a translation of lykoktonon.<br /><br />20ml of pseudaconitine (though it is a solid) would be enough to kill hundreds of adult humans by the oral route, much more if injected. Possibly they meant "mg"?<br /><br />The Poison Garden has a quick summary of why Nathan Greenaway almost certainly did not die from brushing against Aconitum (or mashing large quantities into his cuts). http://www.thepoisongarden.co.uk/blog2/blog250615.htm Media hysteria notwithstanding.<br /><br />Several people per year do die from Aconitum poisoning from its use as a medicine in China and by others using Traditional Chinese Medicine. I was going to give some forensics papers as references but you can search http://www.fsijournal.org/ and find 21 papers. <br /><br />The Poison Garden has a neat summary of the plant that is more accurate and comprehensive than Zitbits.<br />http://www.thepoisongarden.co.uk/atoz/aconitum_napellus.htmPattockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741004991950391554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-11844786742380378562015-11-09T06:40:23.323-08:002015-11-09T06:40:23.323-08:00During Prohibition, alcohol-based "medicines&...During Prohibition, alcohol-based "medicines" like these were common. The most infamous of these, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_ginger" rel="nofollow">Jamaica Ginger</a>, unfortunately contained a substance that was neurotoxic in addition to the alcohol, however.Jonathan Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04921990886076027719noreply@blogger.com