bloodroots, carry a liquid that is red and poisonous, they also carry a toxin called sanguinarine. "à dose élevée, cette substance cause des vomissements, des brûlures au niveau des muqueuses exposées, une sensation de faiblesse, des troubles cardiaques et visuels, et même la mort."
-http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanguinaire_du_Canada
vomitting, burns in the region that was touched, feeling weak, heart and eye problems, and death may be the result of high doses. that's it. it's thought to be fatal, but no fatal dose is offered anywhere. it certainly weakens your body, and maybe can be mixed with other plants in an suicide attempt.
duranta erecta is connected to a concrete fatality case... to that of a boy, 2 years young, who ate of its berries, in Qeensland. more than a decade ago, and it's just an anecdote, with no clear-cut source (at least as far as i have researched). the leafs, beside these berries, are also supposed to be toxic. yet, there's not much info. not even a fatal dose one could use for orientation. if you're willing to run selftests, to document how and in what doses it works, risking to eventually die. that would be nice.
the henbane is also noteworthy for standing on this world (or maybe not so much for that) + standing for a high toxicity, mostly within her root and her seeds. cessation of breath would be cause of the end of your partaking in this world, if you eat enough of her. hyoscyamine, a (potentially toxic) tropane alkaloid drug, together with scopolamine, a (potentially toxic) tropane alkaloid drug, make up around 0.035% of the root and around 0,02-0,13 % of the seeds. these have already been featured in method 008.
1g of seeds would yield at least 20mg scopolamine/hyoscyamine. 10g consequently would lead to 200mg of scopolamine/hyoscyamine (that is, at least 200mg. could be even morethan that)
assuming the ratio were 1:100 (1% scopolamine, 99% hyoscyamine) 10g would amount to 2mg scopolamine & 198g of hyoscyamine (potentially fatal)
assuming the ratio were 100:1 (99% scopolamine, 1% hyoscyamine)
10g would amount to 198mg scopolamine (potentially fatal) & 2g of hyoscyamine
assuming the ratio were 50:50... 100mg scopolamine & 100mg hyoscyamine would be the result, potentially fatal, too. but keep in mind, your stomach won't extract all the alkaloids contained in these seeds. you'll need more than 10mg. and you need to grind them properly, to break apart the shell. or to chew them properly.
let's move on. of all the parts of the convallaria majalis, all parts are poisonous. except for the rhizome
-http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convallaria_majalis
the berries are particularly attractive. the nice effect comes from various "cardiac glycosides, which will cause symptoms similar to digitalis (foxglove) ingestion"
-http://www.hikepups.com/blog/index.php?published-min=2013-03-01T00:00:00-00:00&publishedmax=
2013-04-01T00:00:00-00:00
which is excellent, because the digitalis is quite suitable for suicide. sadly we know of no concrete convallaria majalis fatal dose for humans. you'd either have to do a leap of faith. and eat as many as possible. more than
you'd need from the digitalis, because, unlike the digitalis, it has a "poor absorption and fast half life."
-http://restorativemedicine.org/journal/the-use-of-convallaria-and-crataegus-in-the-treatment-of-cardiacdysfunction/
and unlike the digitalis, the convallaria majalis has not been attributed to any reported human deaths. or, if you plan on offing yourself with digitalis anyway, but maybe can't get hold of enough of it, you can use convallaria majalis (berries or whatever of it) as an enhancer.
lachryma papaveris is the dried latex obtained from the papaver somniferum, it contains 12% morphine
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium
"which is a strong analgesic that, even in small doses, causes euphoria, sedation then narcotic sleep"
-"PDR for herbal medicine", p.609
100-300mg is assumed to be the average lethal dose, but people survived with even more of it inside their bodies. like for example 400mg
-http://healthquestions.medhelp.org/morphine-lethal-dose
assuming you'd like to die, take 800mg or even more. for this you'd need 6.7g of lachryma papaveris (100%/12 = 8.3) (800g x 8.3 = 6666.6g)
production: "opium is the thickened latex collected from the outside of immature poppy capsules that have had incisions made in the fruit capsules. the unripe seed capsules suitable for the production of opium are trimmed. subsequent to drying, the processed latex is scraped off and formed into pieces of varying size. the obtained material is referred to as raw opium (Rohopium) and is also the basic substance used for the production of heroin."
-"PDR for herbal medicine", p.609
phytolacca, "if prepared incorrectly or carelessly it can make you quite ill, or worse, put a ‘k’ in front of ill as in kill you"
-http://www.eattheweeds.com/can-be-deadly-but-oh-so-delicious-pokeweed-2/
all parts are dangerous "with the highest quantities of toxin present in the root and seeds"
-http://www.northfloridaequine.com/horse%20health/poisonous_plants.html
in general, it "has no known good effect", (depends on how one sees it) and "it acts as an emetic and cathartic because it is extremely toxic."
-http://www.holisticbird.org/pages/mdangerousherbs.htm
you'll throw up. you should take something against vomiting prior to eating this. phytolaccatoxin & phytolaccigenin are the toxins acting here. the lethal dose for humans in unknown.
this plant is attractive, still, because "basically you are giving yourself a near death experience or if you get it wrong an actual death experience."
-http://www.allaboutheaven.org/overload/183/109/pokeweed
if you underdose and survive, you'll at least have an interesting out-of-body experience. or that's what phytolacca/pokeweed is known for, to loosen your mind-body connection so that you can have a glimpse at the spiritual world. the author (of the quote above) clarifies it's not a hallucinogen, the NDE is supposed to be genuine. now obviously i don't know whether this is true or not. try it yourself if you like.
colchicine, as can be found in the colchicum autumnale (Germany's poisonous plant of the year 2010), resembles the effect of arsenic. the seeds contain 0.5%, the root 0.2%, the blossoms up to 1.8%, the leafs 0.03%
-http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbst-Zeitlose
65mg is the lethal dose
-http://www.holisticbird.org/pages/mdangerousherbs.htm
or maybe even just 50mg
-http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbst-Zeitlose
you become ill 2-6 hours after ingestion. then eventually you'll reach your last breath via respiratory paralysis or circulatory collapse. 1g of seeds yields 5mg colchicine, 10g of seeds...50mg. in theory, that's enough, but remember, you can't expect your stomach to get all the toxin out of those seeds. take more, 30g or 40g. and chew them properly. or grind them to powder. also remeber how horrible a survived arsenic overdose is.
myrtus communis, its dried leaves are a source for oil. "overdoses of myrtle oil (more than 10 g) can lead to lifethreatening poisoning, due to the high cineole content. symptoms include, among others, a decrease in or loss of blood pressure, circulatory disorders, collapse and respiratory failure"
-"PDR for herbal medicine", p.537
same is true for amomum aromaticum, except for the lethal dose, which, here, is unknown.
nux vomica. its "seeds contain approximately 1.5% strychnine, and the dried blossoms contain 1.0%"
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strychnine_tree
"there are no uses in modern medicine [...] strychnine is a deadly poison with a lethal dose to humans of about 30 to 120 mg. survival of substantially higher doses has been reported."
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strychnine_tree
8g of nux vomica seeds already contain 120mg, but, you should eat more that that. "strychnine, when inhaled, swallowed or absorbed through eyes or mouth, causes a poisoning which results in muscular convulsions and eventually death through asphyxia"
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strychnine
asphyxia is not a pleasant way to go. but if you're planning to jump out of the window or to crash your car into someone else's (e.g. your psychiatrist's), or to make use of other physical means to end your life in an instant, you can aswell throw in some grinded-nux-vomica-seeds beforehand (maybe filled into capsules), that'll give you the rest if your primary method fails. you'd be in extreme pain anyway. another source for strychnine is strychnos ignatii.
nicotiana tabacum, its dried leaves are being sold in almost every shop, the chief toxin is nicotine. it can be inhaled, ingested or resorbed through the skin. "the lethal dosage for nicotine for an adult is 40 to 100 mg, although this can be considerably elevated through habituation (with smoking tobacco, 2 to 7 g of the drug; one cigarette contains 10 mg nicotine, of which I to 2 mg are inhaled during smoking). Symptoms of an acute poisoning include dizziness, salivation, vomiting, diarrhea, trembling of the hands and feelings of weakness in the legs; very high dosages can lead rapidly to spasms, unconsciousness, cardiac arrest and respiratory failure"
-"PDR for herbal medicine", p.763
euonymus species, "thirtysix berries of euonymus europaeus are said to be enough to
kill a person. after a latency period of several hours, intestinal colic, severe, sometimes bloody diarrhea, elevation of body temperature, shortness of breath and circulatory disorders with signs of collapse occur. often there is elevation of cerebrospinal pressure with increasing stupor that may progress to unconsciousness"
-"PDR for herbal medicine", p.791
gelsemium sempervirens, its rhyzome and root, in dried form, are the useful parts. "2 to 3 g can be fatal for an adult. Initial side effects can include heaviness of the eyelids, inhibition of movement of the eyeball, double vision, hypocyclosis, dryness of the mouth, swallowing difficulties or vomiting. They may progress to symptoms of poisoning that can include headache, dizziness, loss of speech ability, vision weakness or double vision, pupil enlargement, trembling of the limbs, paralysis or stiffening of the muscles, cyanosis, shortness of breath and coma"
-"PDR for herbal medicine", p.838
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