One of a pair of lippiercings below the lower lip, supposed to resemble the fangs of a snake.
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The seed, resembling a Viper's head, was once mistakenly used as a treatment for snakebite giving the plant its unusual name.
This includes many populous areas, and dugites are a relatively frequent cause of snakebite in this area.
It is among the symptoms of snakebite poisoning one of the most interesting ones, but also one most difficult of explanation.
The reaction to coral snakebite is usually delayed-sometimes up to several hours.
Dogbane is used in folk medicine as a diuretic, insecticide, and cardiac tonic, and for the treatment of haemorrhoids, epilepsy, eczema, and snakebite.
Thanks to the widespread availability of effective antivenins, snakebite fatalities in Australia have become rare in recent decades.
