Nutmeg can be fatally poisonous. Two to three teaspoons of raw nutmeg can induce hallucinations, convulsions, pain, nausea, and paranoia that can last for several days.
“The kiss that was pressed against his own mouth was reverent, the contact no heavier than the warm, still air in the room. It was the consummate lover’s kiss, the kind of thing he had wanted even more than the hot sex they’d just had.” ― J.R. Ward
Our European ancestors were cannibals. The practice seems to have started because Egyptian mummies were thought to have magical curative properties—so they were ground up and put in many remedies.