Several species of "Aconitum" have been used as arrow poisons. The Minaro in Ladakh use "A. napellus" on their arrows to hunt ibex, while the Ainu in Japan used a species of "Aconitum" to hunt bear as did the Matagi hunters of the same region before their adoption of firearms. The Chinese also used "Aconitum" poisons both for hunting and for warfare. "Aconitum" poisons were used by the Aleuts of Alaska's Aleutian Islands for hunting whales. Usually, one man in a kayak armed with a poison-tipped lance would hunt the whale, paralyzing