ACONITUM, ACONITE, WOLFSBANE, or MONKS-HOOD. It yields the alkaloid aconitine, which is a deadly poison; but has been used in medicine as an external anodyne remedy in acute pains, and also in minute doses internally.
ACONITUM, ACONITE, WOLFSBANE, or MONKS-HOOD
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