A much smaller amount only causes some stomach upset and numbing of the face and mouth. This poisoning occurs from a large dosage of aconite. The poison further paralyzes the nerves, lowers blood pressure, then gradually stops the heart (Stewart 2009). When consumed, it works by opening up sodium channels that are already sensitive to tetrodotoxins, that increases the influx of sodium through the channels and delays re polarization, causing the victim to become easily excited and more vulnerable to heart failure (Roberts and Wink 1999). Aconitine is the most concentrated in the plant’s roots and seeds (Steger 1972). The alkaloid chemical, aconitine, is thought to contribute to the toxicity of the plant (Dr.Duke’s 2016).
Why does this plant pack such a bite?Īconitine, Chemical drawing: Tashina Kimble Aconitum lycoctonum, often had the same uses, as A.napellus, mentioned above (Been 1992). A plant found in Nepal within the same family is one of the most poisonous plants in the world (Elpel 1998). It was also thought that aconite’s deadly powers were used by Nazi scientists to poison bullets (Stewart 2009). In ancient Chinese culture, aconite, along with other plants, was used to poison arrows (Chakravarty and D. These are just a few of the gruesome events that took place in aconite’s past. In Greece it was thought to have been one of the first poisons ever created, in Rome it was used to poison enemies, it was even used by Shakespeare as a deadly weapon for a aconite covered blade in “Hamlet” (Aggrawal 2009). Some believed that it was even aconite that caused rabies in these animals later on because of its horrifying side affects (Blaisdell 1995). Wolfsbane gets it’s name for being the poison used to kill carnivores such as, wolves and panthers, in the 18th century (Aggrawal 2009), it was put into raw meat to bait the animals (Blaisdell 1995). There is also a second species of Aconite, Aconitum lycocotonum, that has yellow flowers and is very similar to A. It has purple flowers that are helmet shaped, from which it gets another name, monkshood.It can grow up to 1 meter or 3 feet tall. This plant has leaves that are rounded and it is palmately divided into 5-7 well lobed segments. Plant ClassificationĪconitum napellus can be found in mountains to temperate regions throughout western and central Europe. The above story may sound familiar to those who are interested in fantasy or folklore.The plant, Aconitum napellus, or Wolfsbane, is the common known cure or weapon against the fantastical creatures, known as werewolves.Though this isn’t just a mythical plant whose only purpose is to fight those creatures of the night, it also contains many other dark and deadly secrets. One person dares to approach, brandishing a small purple flower, when the flower comes into contact with the wolf’s fur they let out a shriek of pain. There are only three drops of a mother essence in each bottle of our flower essences.A howl echoes in the distance, we a see a person transform into a gigantic wolf. It approaches, snarling, towards a small, terrified group of humans. The finished flower essence you receive is a diluted version of this mother essence preserved with the alcohol. The mother essence is the pure cold water infusion of the fresh flowers which are harvested ritually, prayed over, and infused in the morning sun for a couple hours before straining and using to make stock bottles. Three drops of a flower’s mother essence are put into this stock bottle and we ship it to you ready for use. A stock bottle is simply 50% best brandy and 50% aquifer water. We sell flower essences as 30 ml stock bottles.
Flower essences made from poisonous plants are safe to ingest and can be used for spiritual cleansing, magical rituals, anointing, and plant spirit communion. Developed by Doctor Edward Bach in the early 1900s, they are meant to be ingested in homeopathic amounts to help with emotional pain such as fear, uncertainty, loneliness, oversensitivity, burnout, sadness, and trauma. In use since the early 1900s, flower essences are not tinctures but diluted cold water infusions of the fresh flowers which are harvested in a mindful ceremony and prayed over. Flower essences embody a living tradition of magical herbalism.
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