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Belladonna

Medicinal properties of belladonna and recipes of plants


Belladonna – poisonous plant

Belladonna, or deadly, as it is often called, is a perennial herbaceous plant with a height of 1-2 meters. This plant belongs to the Solanaceae family. Belladonna has a strong many-headed rhizome, which resembles a cylinder with a diameter of about 8 see the roots of the plants are very powerful and branchy. Of the plant stem – green (sometimes purplish), always straight, with many branches.

The leaves of belladonna pointed and ovate leaf color – dark green. Lower and upper leaves vary in size. The upper leaves are arranged in pairs, but lower sequentially.

Belladonna can be found on the flowers they are very large (3 cm) brownish-purple color on the outside and yellowish inside. The fruit of the belladonna – black shiny berries that resemble in appearance an ordinary cherry. Berry consists of two sockets, has many seeds. The taste of sweet berries, and the juice is a deep purple color. The black seeds are about 2 mm in length, both flat and with a rough surface, angular or round.

Flowering plants depends on the year of life. For example, if the plant in the first year of vegetation, it blossoms in August, and if he more years, the bloom starts in may and lasts until the end of the growing season. Ripening occurs from July to September.

Belladonna – a plant that is very common in the mountains of the Crimea, the Caucasus and the Carpathians. But still it is a poisonous plant growing in Asia Minor, Central Asia, Afghanistan, South America, Pakistan and the United States.

The plant may grow as solitary, and the thickets on the outskirts of the roads, in glades and clearings in woods. Belladonna grows in damp, humus and loose soil. Surprisingly, this is a deadly and dangerous plant was listed in the Red book of Russia.

Belladonna refers to poisonous plants: it all parts are poisonous, including the fruit. There were cases when people were poisoned by honey that was produced from the pollen of belladonna.

Belladonna is very dangerous for children: only two of the berries of this "crazy cherry" lead to the death of a child. But birds of this berry is uneasy: Blackbird, starlings and other birds can safely peck the berries.


Medicinal properties belladonna

In the plant contains the alkaloid hyoscyamine. Atropine is the main alkaloid plants with antispasmodic and neurogenic properties. It lowers the tone of the intestine, uterus, bronchi and other smooth muscle organs.

All the alkaloids contained inbelladonna, improve heart function, can extend the pupils and to increase the pressure inside the eye.


The application of belladonna

The leaves of the plant are used to manufacture of tinctures, tablets, extracts, and other drugs for the treatment of various diseases.

On the basis of belladonna made drugs that are used as anti-inflammatory, pain reliever ulcers of intestines and stomach, pain in the muscles, tuberculosis and even epilepsy.

In ophthalmology has been widely used atropine, which has been isolated from belladonna. But if a person has increased eye pressure, it is contraindicated the use of belladonna as a treatment for the eyes.

Belladonna is used in cases of poisoning with toxic substances or mushrooms.

Small doses of belladonna are used in the case, if you want to reduce the secretion of the salivary or sweat glands. And also a small dose of this poisonous plant leads to normal peristalsis of the paths leading out of the body in the bile and urine.

In the roots of plants discovered the contents of scopolamine. Scopolamine is a substance used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

Juice squeezed from the leaves helps to remove spots, if any, on any skin area of the person.

Treatment with belladonna

This tincture is used as an anesthetic in kidney disease or with calculous cholecystitis. Preparing this tincture easily. You need to take 10 grams of leaves of belladonna and fill them with half a glass of 96% alcohol. The tincture needs to be put in a dark place for one week to draw. Then don't forget to strain the vehicle and take 5-10 drops for pain.

Take 10 grams of crushed roots of belladonna, and fill them with one Cup of boiled water. Put on the fire for half an hour, and then cooled for about 10 minutes and filtered. This decoction is used for pains in the joints. Of broth to make compresses or simply rubbing them problematic (painful) areas of the body.

You need to take 10 grams of leaves of belladonna and infuse 100 ml of 40% alcohol. Make a tincture 5-10 drops is necessary. This medicine is used for cramps, diarrhea and insomnia. And externally it is used for tumors, cancer of the breast and infiltration.

This decoction is used to treat Parkinson's disease. To prepare this remedy you need the following: take 30grams of dried and powdered roots of the plant and mix them with 100 grams of activated carbon. All this pour 750 ml of white dry wine and put it on the fire. Cook for 10 minutes and remove from heat. Ready broth should drain. Take this concoction 3 times daily before meals. The treatment lasts 3 days. Dose taking medicine – 1 teaspoon. When will the 3 hours after taking the decoction, you need to take nutmeg (on the tip of a knife). Or you can just chew on a bit of calamus root.


Belladonna poisoning and first aid it

Belladonna – poisonous plant. Therefore, to take drugs because it is necessary carefully and only under medical supervision.

Poisoning by belladonna is the consequence after eating the berries of this plant (which often do the kids). When the plantation produces a collection of belladonna, due to the fact that it is touched by hands, and then touching their face, is toxic to the human body.

Symptoms of poisoning by belladonna is the following: in the oral and nasal cavity has dry, dilated pupils, impaired vision, red face. The body noticeable rash. Poisoned by belladonna suffers headaches, his haunting hallucinations, hard to swallow, voice hoarse, also having vomiting and diarrhea.

Of course, the very first and important decision – call an ambulance! Until the doctor arrives to affected person, he needs to make gastric lavage. This should force the victim to drink 250-1250 ml of a solution of a weak potassium permanganate or a simple weak tea. Poisonous alkaloids bind tannin, contained in tea, and in potassium permanganate, which does not allow the alkaloids are then absorbed into the stomach. After that, the person poisoned by belladonna, should start vomiting – it's normal! After the adoption of the potassium permanganate should do the following: take 20-30 tablets of activated charcoal, crush them and pour 200 ml of cold water. All this stir and give to drink of the poisoned person.

If necessary, it is possible to wash out the stomach, but not earlier than after the first washing will take place 1-2 hours.

In the case of palpitations or in the presence of dyspnea should give the victim heart drops.

If you suddenly stop the heart and the person will stop breathing, then immediately you need to carry out reanimation.

Even in the case of improving the well-being of the victim he still need to get to the hospital.

To avoid this plant, it is necessary to observe the dosage and take drugs frombelladonna very carefully!