There are up to about thirty-five different species, including marshmallow, aconite, sedges and orchids. Successful use of charcoal hemoperfusion has been claimed in patients with severe aconite poisoning. It was named for its three primary ingredients, aconite, belladonna, and chloroform. These and other Himalayan species of aconite (Aconitum heterophyllum, Aconitum balfourii Stapf; cf. Bush died on September 15, 1890, after accidentally taking a fatal dose of aconite. Important medicines from roots are ginseng, aconite, ipecac, gentian and reserpine. Yu-bong inquires that if one overdoses on aconite, they would become blind. The common name by which it is most often known in English is "Indian Aconite". He had been told that the regimental chefs had poisoned the soup with aconite. It is commonly known as Chinese aconite, Carmichael's monkshood or Chinese wolfsbane () (). It has been hypothesized that "Alexander the Great" was murdered via aconite. This includes aconite, ginseng, gossypol, gynura, licorice, Lily of the valley, tetrandrine, and yohimbine. She is also represented by the aconite plant, with which Ainu hunters poisoned their arrows. These include aconite (also called "hecateis"), belladonna, dittany, and mandrake. Aconite has long been used in Ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine.