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Mandrake’s number six of the most dangerous herbs. I am a Harry Potter fan and thought that mandrake was a made-up plant. I now know it is an actual plant and can be dangerous.

The plant grows in arid areas around the Mediterranean and Middle East where it has been used as a hallucinogen, painkiller, aphrodisiac, and fertility drug for thousands of years. But the dose has to be right.

In essence, if you were to consume it you would basically get hallucinations, dizziness, and increased heart rate, and you could get disturbed vision as a consequence of it, and then disturbed cognition. If the dose is high enough it could kill you,” says Prof Michael Heinrich from the School of Pharmacy at UCL. According to BBC Magazine, the roots were also used for dastardly deeds by murderers and a relative of mandrake, henbane, is thought to have been used by Dr. Crippen who was convicted of killing his wife in 1910.

The best-known species, Mandragora officinarum, has long been known for its poisonous properties. In ancient times, it was used as a narcotic and an aphrodisiac and was believed to have certain magical powers. All parts of the plants contain tropane alkaloids and are considered poisonous. Mandrake

So if the Mandrake screams don’t get you the poison will be careful…

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