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Foxgloves are very poisonous plants.

Foxgloves are very poisonous plants. The roots, the leaves, the flowers and the stems are all poisonous and eating them will make you very ill and can kill you. .

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Foxgloves are very poisonous plants.

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  1. Foxgloves are very poisonous plants. The roots, the leaves, the flowers and the stems are all poisonous and eating them will make you very ill and can kill you.

  2. A chemical which is found in the leaves of foxgloves is used as a medicine. It is used to treat people with serious heart problems and has saved many lives.

  3. The chemical isolated from the foxglove (digoxin) is also used as a treatment to slow muscular dystrophy and to reduce pressure in the eye of glaucoma victims.

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