Plant Toxicity Debate

Comments debate the toxicity and medicinal properties of various plants, herbs, and natural remedies, often highlighting dangers of wild or traditional plants versus synthetic drugs.

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trallnag Jul 20, 2025 View on HN

Enjoy your home-made herbs and spices instead of dangerous lab-made drugs, I guess

magic_beans Dec 4, 2019 View on HN

Natural drugs, maybe? Seems bizarre.

neuralRiot Sep 13, 2022 View on HN

Do remind me of side effects of known edible plants. If you wanna be sarcastic at least stay on topic.

mirekrusin Jun 29, 2025 View on HN

You're not using mixture of amygdalin from organic apricot kernels, coca leaves mixed with unripe seed pods of opium poppy? Does wonders.

cinntaile Oct 24, 2021 View on HN

You also have liquorice root. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquorice

britzkopf Oct 7, 2022 View on HN

Do you mind sharing where one sources such an esoteric pharmacopia?!

ahoka Jun 30, 2023 View on HN

Source on rapeseed on being toxic, please.

ARandomerDude Feb 5, 2020 View on HN

Herbs seem to be common on HN. The kind you cook with are rare.

psychphysic May 14, 2023 View on HN

Is this the same Kudzu as the supposed anti-alcohol-binge herb?

woodruffw Oct 4, 2022 View on HN

This doesn't contradict what the GP said: you shouldn't ingest nightshade just because we've been able to extract and safely medicate its constituent chemicals.