Uses are numerous, especially in oriental tradition. Pomegranate juice is a common drink, rich in fiber, potassium and vitamin C. This juice is called granatina thick and sweet, syrup used in the past for the preparation of cocktails. Juice is also used as an antiseptic and if light is applied to wounds.

Aconitum is known since antiquity as a poisonous plant. The most poisonous part is root.

French and germans are extracting the juice from the whole plant, while in India it is used only the root.