What is squill good for?
Squill is used for lung diseases including chronic bronchitis, asthma with bronchitis, and whooping cough. Some people take squill to relieve fluid retention (edema), thin mucus, induce vomiting, or cause an abortion. In manufacturing, squill is used in pest control as rat poison. Red Squill can affect you when breathed in. Exposure can cause a bitter taste, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and blurred vision. Higher levels can cause serious heart rhythm disturbances resulting in death. Convulsions may also occur.Adverse effects on the heart may result from the cardiac glycosides in squill. Toxic doses may cause or aggravate heart failure.