In oriental drug therapy it has been considered by experience that the intoxication of alkaloids may be controlled by some drugs, and this was not based on scientific evidence. These drugs would contain saponins, as saponins are widely distributed in many vegetable drugs and, therefore, the present experiment was undertaken to find out if effects of saponin on the extracting process of aconite alkaloids could decrease the amount of the alkaloids. The data obtained in the extractions using various concentrations of saponin solution, show a decrease in alkaloid extract, suggesting that saponin forms a less soluble complex with the alkaloids or acts as a detergent.