Aconite

Ebers Papyrus: Egyptiam Medical Document that dates back to 1700 BC

It contains 800 Medicinal Herbs

Nature and Medicinal Herbs 1700 BC

Chinese Medicine

Pen Tsao Kang Moa 1000 BC

It contains incredible number of medicinal plants and drugs 

Nature is known to have Medicinal Plants 

Nature is also known to have Poisonous Plants

 Poison

Classification Of Poison 

Poisonous Plants: Wolfsbane (Aconite)

Plant Poison: Poisonous to Touch/Orally Toxic

Some poisonous plants  are also known to have Medicinal value 

Aconite (Poison and Medicine)

Various species of  Aconite have been used as poison and medicine in 

China/Japan

Aconite as Poison 

Aconite alkaloids: Sodium channel effectors that are neurotoxic and cardiotoxic

Aconite poisoning is common in Chinese Herbal Medicine 

10 cases are reported annualy

Aconite Poisoning: Case

Man accidentally eats aconite flowers (purple/pink petals) 

One and a half hour later he collapses suddenly and is pronounced dead

Aconite as Medicine 

Used extensively in Chinese Herbal Medicine 

Aconite: Antipyretic/Anti Inflammatory/Sedative

Snapshot

Aconite as Poison 

Aconite as Medicine

Nature: Poison and Medicine