Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Historically infamous for its pernicious toxins - Aconitum also known as Wolfsbane, Devil’s Helmet and Monkshood is a common ingredient in Ayurveda where it is known as महाविषा mahavisha (“great poison”) or वत्सनाभ vatsanabha ("root resembling the navel of a child") and is used in small quantities after undergoing a lengthy process of detoxification. We present to you a case of Aconitum toxicity initially diagnosed at a primary care facility as a cerebrovascular accident and referred for tertiary centre care to our emergency department where the patient was promptly diagnosed, stabilized, treated and eventually discharged owing to a multidisciplinary collective effort by physicians belonging to the departments of Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine & Cardiac Sciences.
DOI: 10.53555/h1tb0j41
Authors: Dr. Suvasish Chakraborty, Dr Feraz Nawaz, Dr. Judith Mattakkal Jose, Dr Mayank Butola, Dr.Mannat Narang
Institution: Artemis Hospitals
Language: English
Subfield: Pharmacology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4415144035
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