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Alternatively a tincture is made with a piece of the vine and kept in a snake bottle.
Aristolochia rugosa and Aristolochia trilobata are recorded in a list of plants used worldwide and in the West Indies, Venezuela, South and Central America against snakebites and scorpion stings [ 51 52 24 43 40 53 ] . Caribs in Guatemala use Aristolochia trilobata root and tuber decoctions for stomach pains and use leaf tinctures for diarrhoea [ 55 ] . Aristolochic acid inhibits inflammation induced by immune complexes, and nonimmunological agents (carrageenan or croton oil) [ 56 ] . Aristolochic acid inhibits the activity of snake venom phospholipase (PLA 2 ) by forming a 1:1 complex with the enzyme [ 56 40 38 ] . Since phospholipase enzymes play a significant part in the cascade leading to the inflammatory and pain response, their inhibition could lead to relief of problems from scorpion envenomation [ 11 ] .
Erechtheus — part man, part snake — was a legendary King of Athens who, over the generations, became closely connected with Poseidon.
Some snake bottles also contain the caterpillars ( Battus polydamus , Papilionidae) [ 13 ] that eat tref leaves ( Aristolochia trilobata ). The leaf juice of Eclipta prostrata is used for scorpion stings.
Snake Eyes takes place more or less in real time, and in one giant megastructure: The arena is attached to a hotel and casino, and outside rages a hurricane (Jezebel) that keeps the cast of characters indoors.