Cactus Jack Calder Posted August 15 Posted August 15 1 hour ago, Alpo said: Do you suppose there is a plant called benign nightshade? It is also called Atropa Belladonna and is used to derive medical substances. The plant is not regulated in the USA, however, making the medical substances is controlled. Below are the medical derivatives I could find online. Atropine: Relaxes muscles, increases heart rate, and dilates pupils for eye exams. Scopolamine: Reduces bodily secretions and treats motion sickness (often via skin patches). Hyoscyamine: Eases digestive and intestinal cramping. Belladonna and Opium Suppositories: Used to relieve moderate-to-severe rectal or bladder muscle spasms If I remember correctly the US Navy issued Atropine Ampules to inject ourselves if we were ever exposed to chemical weapons. It’s been a while so my memory may be faulty in this area.  CJ 4 Quote
Chicken Rustler, SASS #26680 Posted August 15 Posted August 15 15 minutes ago, Cactus Jack Calder said: If I remember correctly the US Navy issued Atropine Ampules to inject ourselves if we were ever exposed to chemical weapons. It’s been a while so my memory may be faulty in this area. Atropine and 2-PAM Chloride, I got a lot of shots when I was in but I'm glad I never got that one! 4 Quote
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted August 16 Posted August 16 19 hours ago, Alpo said: Do you suppose there is a plant called benign nightshade?  There was a time in my life when I was married to a gal (for seventeen years) who had a Masters of Science in Nursing, and Master Gardener level gardening skills. So she planted foxglove in the herb garden.  Two months after the divorce was final, during my annual physical, my doc said that after ten years of doing so I could stop carrying that cute li'l bottle of nitrostat in my pocket....        1 Quote
Pat Riot Posted August 16 Author Posted August 16 7 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:  There was a time in my life when I was married to a gal (for seventeen years) who had a Masters of Science in Nursing, and Master Gardener level gardening skills. So she planted foxglove in the herb garden.  Two months after the divorce was final, during my annual physical, my doc said that after ten years of doing so I could stop carrying that cute li'l bottle of nitrostat in my pocket....        Sorry, but I am not getting this. It may be the meds - have a bad head cold, but I don’t see the correlation. Quote
Calamity Kris Posted August 16 Posted August 16 5 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: Sorry, but I am not getting this. It may be the meds - have a bad head cold, but I don’t see the correlation.  The foxglove reference link..........  The best-known species is the common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. This biennial is often grown as an ornamental plant due to its vivid flowers, which range in colour from various purple tints through pink and pure white. The flowers can also possess various marks and spottings. Other garden-worthy species include D. ferruginea, D. grandiflora, D. lutea, and D. parviflora.[7]  The term digitalis is also used for drug preparations that contain cardiac glycosides, particularly one called digoxin, extracted from various plants of this genus. Foxglove has medicinal uses but is also very toxic to humans and other mammals, such that consumption can cause serious illness or death.[8] 1 2 Quote
Alpo Posted August 16 Posted August 16 I got the foxglove/digitalis/heart reference. It was the last part that was throwing me. Was inhaling the fragrance of the foxglove growing in the garden all those years - did that cure his heart problems? Was his ex trying to poison him, so she put a little in his coffee every morning. But she didn't put enough to kill him, and over 17 years he had inbibed enough to cure him? I'm with Pat. I'm missing something here. 2 Quote
Cypress Sun Posted August 16 Posted August 16 7 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:  There was a time in my life when I was married to a gal (for seventeen years) who had a Masters of Science in Nursing, and Master Gardener level gardening skills. So she planted foxglove in the herb garden.  Two months after the divorce was final, during my annual physical, my doc said that after ten years of doing so I could stop carrying that cute li'l bottle of nitrostat in my pocket....           1 1 Quote
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted August 16 Posted August 16 20 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said: 1 2 1 Quote
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