Digitalis
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Sep 12, 2026
NoelleHOST
Right.
NoelleHOST
So things like Sweet William, Foxglove, Hollyhocks.
NoelleHOST
So Canterbury Bells are a large flowering Campanula or Bell flower.
NoelleHOST
It's called Campanula medium.
JinHOST
Yeah.
JinHOST
Like my guess, the idea would be Foxglove is a great sort of choice because like that is very, can be very cardiotoxic.
JinHOST
Obviously if you consume the raw root, but in TCM, there are multiple processes.
JinHOST
And interestingly, it even makes the root black, blackens the root, like doing the, how they would do it for TCM.
JadenHOST
They're going to start scrolling now.
JadenHOST
Marsh Marigold, Foxglove, Black Eyed Susans.
AnnaHOST
I thought Foxglove was invasive.
JadenHOST
Not some of it.
AnnaHOST
You just have to find the right
Mark LeDouxGUEST
And, you know, salicin is probably one of the most used drugs in the world.
Mark LeDouxGUEST
But people forget that the American Foxglove plant gave us digitalis, that valerian root from South America was the precursor to diazepam or valium.
Mark LeDouxGUEST
So I started looking for the natural alternatives to drugs that that would not have the same sort of gotcha impact that many drugs do.
Mark LeDouxGUEST
You know, I have on my library a fabulous book.
Chris FlynnHOST
So, after all of the initial fuss and bother, there was, in 78, an ABC TV documentary, Inside Story, and they produced the... produced the Somerton Beach Mystery, and we've talked about that earlier.
Chris FlynnHOST
And in 1994, John Phillips, Chief Justice of Victoria and Chairman of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, reviewed the case to determine the cause of death and concluded there seemed little doubt it was digitalis, which is...
Chris FlynnHOST
Foxglove
Neil HerbertHOST
or something, yeah.
Chris FlynnHOST
Yeah, it's the poison which they had suggested.
Keith FunkHOST
It's a good money saver.
Keith FunkHOST
Things like Foxglove and, oh, my gosh, all kinds of things you can collect seed from.
Keith FunkHOST
But you have to collect it at the right time for that plant.
Keith FunkHOST
True.
Scott LuperHOST
And then the other step, we're not sure exactly what it does, but you get this gentle, overall safe effect with fewer side effects.
Scott LuperHOST
As opposed, you pull out the Digitalis from Foxglove, right? And you use that, and it works great until it kills your patients.
Scott LuperHOST
And pretty much nobody uses it because it's too dangerous by itself.
Scott LuperHOST
Whereas if you do the herb, it's got this gentleness to it.
MichaelHOST
Pay attention, Alice.
DanHOST
All she's got to do so far is work out the difference between Fox Gloves and Digitalis.
DanHOST
That's
MichaelHOST
nothing.
LukeGUEST
But I mean, loads of plants are super toxic.
LukeGUEST
I mean, foxgloves.
LukeGUEST
which are one of the most popular cottage plants in the UK.
LukeGUEST
Completely poisonous.
MichaelHOST
Could you ask her to most kindly pull her finger out, stop saving people's lives and answer the fucking question? Toddles Richard May.
DanHOST
well thank you very much Richard May for that challenge so Alice if you think it should be called Fox Club let us know if you think it should be called Digitalis let us know it's just personal opinion I suppose really isn't it I suppose so that should be the easy one I suppose so I'd say Fox Club I think it's more oh I see Digitalis
MichaelHOST
then
DanHOST
okay but that's because Digitalis is a poison isn't it
MichaelHOST
well I don't know I've never heard of Fox Club or Digitalis have you never seen a Fox Club well I don't know what it is it's a flower alright but I don't know what it is
DanHOST
oh
MichaelHOST
It's a little flower.
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