Foxglove, Follow Your Heart But Don’t Touch

The original heart medicine, Digitalis, was made by foxglove!

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This plant contains toxic cardiac glycosides. The plant leaf from a foxglove was how the pharmacies were able to produce digoxin before they were able to manufacturer this drug.

Serious toxicity is uncommon unless intentionally ingested as food or a suicide…