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Aconitum, known as aconite, monkshood, or wolfsbane, is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the buttercup family. There are over 250 species of Aconitum. Aconite has long been used in the traditional medicine of Asia. In Western medicine preparations of aconite were used until just after the middle of the 20th century, but it is no longer employed as it has been replaced by safer and more effective drugs and treatments. ...read more from Wikipedia
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