CRACKCast E164 – Plants, Mushrooms, and Herbal Medications

This episode of CRACKCast covers Chapter 158 in Rosen's Emergency Medicine, 9th Edition.

Core Questions:

1. For each of the following, describe the expected toxicity:
2. • Jequirity pea, rosary
   • Umbrella tree, Dieffenbachia, Dumb cane
   • Capsicum annum
   • Water Hemlock
   • Jimson Weed, Deadly Nightshade
   • Eucalyptus oil
   • Poinsettia
   • Oleander, Foxglove
   • Tobacco
   • Pokeweed
   • Rhododendron
   • Yew
   • Castor Beans
3. List 5 mushrooms with early onset toxicity and 3 with late onset – and describe the toxicity expected.
4. List 4 mechanism of toxicity resulting from the use of herbal medicine.
5. List 4 plants containing cardiac glycosides.
6. What is Buckthorn?