Aconite

This is a remedy I could not be without. Aconite is made from the plant monkshood, also known as wolfsbane or leopard’s bane, and is a deadly poison both orally and through the skin. Historically it’s use had been for killing criminals in the Roman Empire (until it was banned) and as a poison in various murder plots. A particular phrase I used to help me remember Aconite when studying is “fear and fright, at midnight, think Aconite”. As suggested …

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