Arum dracontium
Clarke, A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, 1900, Vol. I, p. 194
A. ranunculus) Willd. N.O. Araceae. Tincture of root
Clinical
Nettle-rash. Pricking pains.
Characteristics
A, dracun. is commonly cultivated in gardens. It has a fetid smell which is apt to cause headache. The following effects of pounding the root and tearing up leaves and stems have been observed : Styptic metallic taste at back of mouth. Pricking, mingled with intolerable itching in fingers, as if hand plunged among nettles. On rubbing the fingers together, sensation as if avast number of stings were driven perpendicularly into them.