Arum dracunculus
Natural History.
Arum dracunculus, Wild. N. O. Araceae. Tincture of root.
Clinical.
Nettle-rash.
Pricking pains.
Characteristics.
Arum-dru. 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 a vast number of stings were driven perpendicularly into them.