Deadly Nightshade (Atropa belladonna) Nightshade contains atropine and scopolamine in its stems, leaves, berries, and roots, and causes paralysis in the involuntary muscles of the body, including the heart. Even physical contact with the leaves may cause skin irritation.
The leaves of the Dumbcane plant contain needle-like calcium oxalate crystals and proteolytic enzymes. Eating the leaves can cause TEMPORARY PARALYSIS OF THE MOUTH, TONGUE, THROAT AND VOCAL CORDS.
Aconite napellus is considered as the sovereign remedy for almost every species of paralysis in homoepathy. Gelsemium sempervirens (Gels.) is another plant used in homeopathic for treatment of paralysis.
Tetrodotoxin interferes with the transmission of signals from nerves to muscles and causes an increasing paralysis of the muscles of the body.
Perhaps the most famously lethal on our list is Atropa belladonna, the aptly named Deadly Nightshade. This toxic plant belongs to the same family as tomatoes, potatoes and aubergines, and can be found across Europe, including in Britain, as well as North Africa, Western Asia and some parts of the USA and Canada.
Toxicity. D. moroides is notorious for its extremely painful sting which may leave victims suffering for weeks or even months. It is reputed to be the most venomous plant in Australia, if not the world.
Botulinum toxin, the nerve agent commonly called botox, is best known for its miraculous effect on wrinkles. The toxin paralyses muscles in the skin so they relax. However, botox is also used for a range of medical problems, such as chronic migraines, excessive sweating and muscle cramps.
Temporary paralysis often results from a genetic condition that leaves an individual susceptible to periods of paralysis after exposure to certain triggers. These triggers may include temperature fluctuations, extreme temperatures, stress, hunger, excitement, or traumatic experiences.
Sudden paralysis causes may include: Trauma, including spinal cord injury. Stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) Brain hemorrhage (bleeding)
There is no way you can effectively use pressure points on a person's body to paralyze or kill them. All of that is just a myth present in folklore and popular culture, especially from China and Japan.
The word "paralysis" derives from the Greek παράλυσις, meaning "disabling of the nerves" from παρά (para) meaning "beside, by" and λύσις (lysis) meaning "making loose". A paralysis accompanied by involuntary tremors is usually called "palsy".
plegia: Suffix meaning paralysis or a stroke. As in cardioplegia (paralysis of the heart), hemiplegia (paralysis of one side of the body), paraplegia (paralysis of the legs), and quadriplegia (paralysis of all four extremities). From the Greek plege meaning a blow or stroke.
Henbane. Hyoscyamus niger, henbane, is, like mandrake, a member of a huge botanical order, the Solanaceae, and like mandrake is capable of inducing a profound and long lasting unconsciousness, thanks to its hyoscine content. Unlike mandrake, however, henbane grows naturally in the British Isles.
Known as Gympie-gympie in Australia and salat in Papua New Guinea, contact with this leaf can result in human death, more often extreme pain that can last for months. Stinging hairs deliver a potent neurotoxin when touched.
Temporary paralysis (also known as periodic paralysis) occurs when all or some muscle control in any part of the body comes and goes periodically (i.e. from time to time). This episodic paralysis most often occurs because of muscle weakness, diseases, or hereditary causes.
Botulinum toxin (BTX) is a group of neurotoxins consisting of eight distinct compounds, referred to as BTX-A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H, which are produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and lead to muscular paralysis.
Not all people with paralysis are numb and unable to feel the pain. Many people have incomplete injuries which means much of the spinal cord is still intact, leading to confused nerve signals. Nerve pain is one of the most common causes of pain.
It can start suddenly or gradually. Sometimes it comes and goes. Paralysis can affect any part of the body, including: the face.
The extent and location of paralysis in a patient will vary depending on how the injury occurred, but in general, there are four distinct categories of paralysis: monoplegia, hemiplegia, paraplegia, and quadriplegia.
Some individuals are more susceptible to periods of temporary paralysis after exposure to certain triggers, such as stress, trauma, or anxiety. The periodic paralysis can result in severe muscle weakness and the partial or complete inability to move parts of the body.
1 One of the symptoms that you may experience is paralysis, where the anxiety is so overwhelming that you are unable to function. Anxiety can paralyze you both physically and emotionally, explains Paula Zimbrean, MD, a psychiatrist at Yale Medicine.
During REM sleep, your body is relaxed and your muscles don't move. Sleep paralysis occurs when the sleep cycle is shifting between stages. When you wake up suddenly from REM, your brain is awake, but your body is still in REM mode and can't move, causing you to feel like you're paralyzed.
It is called the “silent killer” because it is colorless, odorless, tasteless and non- irritating. If the early signs of CO poisoning are ignored, a person may lose consciousness and be unable to escape the danger. More people die from carbon monoxide exposure than any other kind of poisoning.
The acute toxicity of arsenic has been recognized since antiquity. Known as both the “king of poisons” and the “poison of kings,” the element's infamy grew during the Middle Ages as an almost untraceable means of murder.