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Synonyms
Deadly
nightshade, Atropa belladonna.
Constituents
Perennial
plant. Height 2 meters. Green berries become black on ripened. Bell shape
flower. Leaves contain atropine, atropamine, belladonine, atrosin, and cyanine.
Root, leaf and berry contain tropane alkaloids, hyoscyamine, hyoscine, and
scopolamine.
Therapeutics
This is medicine
for inflammation, pain, and spasms.
It is medicine
for hyperhidrosis, nocturnal enuresis, and galactorrhoea.
It is medicine
for cerebral ischemia, Alzheimer disease, and vascular congestion.
It
facilitates hyperaemia in skin and brain (Aconitum, Veratrum viride).
It is
a bronchial dilator (Para sympatholytic). It is medicine for asthma, and
productive cough.
It is medicine
for polyuria (Tabacum).
It inhibits
acetylcholine, glucagon, insulin, sweat and urine secretions.
It reduces
blood sugar level by promoting blood volume.
It promotes
acetylcholine esterase.
It is medicine
for impotence (Smooth muscle relaxant, Cantharis).
It is medicine
for spastic colon, irritable bowel syndrome, and diarrhoea.
It is medicine
for motion sickness.
It is remedy
for dementia, and memory problems.
It is remedy
for fever with thirst, dry tongue and throbbing headache.
It is remedy
for scarlatina, facial erythema, cutaneous hyperaemia, and eruptive
fever.
It is remedy
for meningitis, apoplexy, and convulsion.
It is remedy
for dry cough following viral respiratory infection.
It is remedy
for hypoglycaemia.
Toxicity can cause hallucination of hell, flying, or becoming pigs
(Hyoscyamus).
It will be absorbed quickly if it is
mixed with oil and applied on the skin.
It had been
used as aphrodisiacs.
It had been
used as anaesthetic agent.
It had been
used for arrow poison.
Belladonna,
Solanum nigrum, and Solanum indica (Puthrichunta) have similar actions.
It is the
antidote in Opium, Aconitum, Nux vomica, Organophosphate, Puffer fish, and
Tetrodotoxins.
Antidote of
Belladonna are Pilocarpus and Physostigma.
Atropine is
mydriatic. It does not act upon the skin.
Word “belladonna”
(Italian) means beautiful women.
Dose
1 to 4 drops.
Dilution.
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