Nightshade

Useful properties and applications of the nightshade room, black

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Botanical characteristics of black nightshade

Black nightshade is an annual herb up to 1 m. Its stem is erect, branched, slightly pubescent. The leaves are alternate, pointy-oval shaped, length 13 cm, width up to 8 cm Flowers are small, white, drooping, collected in umbellate inflorescences. Fruit black, rarely white or greenish berries are round in shape, juicy, with a diameter of 1 cm Flowering plant from June to September, the fruits ripen from July to October.

Nightshade can be found almost throughout Russia, except for Northern regions, and in Kazakhstan, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus. It grows on arable lands, gardens, on the banks of ponds and rivers, in gardens, among bushes.

The beneficial properties of nightshade

Nightshade refers to medicinal plants with wide spectrum of action. For medicinal purposes harvested leaves and grass from July to September, fruits from August to October. Nightshade contains dyes and tannins, carotene, sugars, organic acids. In addition, the composition of the plant includes such toxic substances as bitter glycoside, dulcomarin, and glycoalkaloids – solanine, solanin, solaceon. In Mature fruits, solanine is almost completely destroyed.

The use of nightshade

The fruits of Solanum have choleretic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant, anti-rheumatic properties. The plant has a beneficial effect on the human body in such diseases as atherosclerosis and hypertension (5-6 g fresh ripe berries a day), diseases of the bladder and urinary tract, skin diseases. It has a calming effect on the nervous system, relieves pain of various origins. Nightshade is also used for epilepsy, dyspepsia, pyelitis.

Ointment of nightshade is used in herpes, boils, ulcers and suppurating wounds. It helps in malignant blood diseases, including those with leukemia. A decoction of aerial parts is used for rinsing in diseases of the throat, suppurating gums, inflammation of the oral cavity. Since all parts of plant are poisonous (except the ripe berries), you can use them only after consulting a doctor!

Medicinally used infusions and decoctions of nightshade, fresh berries, juice of the ripe fruit, the SAP from the leaves, an ointment from the leaves.

Nightshade infusion: 5 g of crushed dried herbs, pour a glass of boiling water and let stand3-4 hours, then strain and take 3-4 times a day for 1 tablespoon. This tool helps with nervousness, head and rheumatic pains, joint pains. You can use it as a lotion for boils and shingles.

A decoction of nightshade: does 250 ml of boiling water to one teaspoon of chopped herbs nightshade, is heated in a water bath for 15 minutes, then filtered and taken for 10 days 1 teaspoon of decoction twice a day. Medicine is recommended for coughs, neuralgia, colitis, bronchial asthma, gastritis, cystitis, and also at rheumatism and itchy eczema.

A decoction of the fruits of Solanum: a glass of boiling water on 20 g of ripe fruit of Solanum want to cook in a water bath for 10-15 minutes, drain. Dosage 4 times a day for 1 tablespoon. Effective for colitis, gallstones, gout, rheumatism.

Rinse nightshade: 50 ml of juice of fresh ripe fruit should be diluted in 150 ml of water and rinse mouth and throat with angina, inflammation of the mucous membrane. When cold – 2-3 drops of juice in the nose.

Ointment of nightshade: nightshade leaves should grind into powder and mix with sunflower oil in ratio 1:4. The resulting ointment to lubricate suppurating wounds, ulcers.

Flowers of the nightshade

Nightshade grows as a shrub, subshrub, sometimes as tree. This is a very beautiful plant. On it at the same time, blooming flowers, ripe multi-colored fruits and green leaves bloom. Nightshade spring blossoms dull flowers, but the winter ripen orange-red fruit. The flowers are large, and the plant blooms long and abundantly. There are types of nightshade with white, pink, purple and green flowers.

Berry of the nightshade

There are many kinds of nightshade. The fruit is a juicy berry with lots of seeds. Their color varies from orange to black shades, sometimes they are greenish. Berries round or oval shape hanging from the stems. Immature berries are poisonous, eat only fully ripe. The berries contain alkaloids and if eaten in large quantity, that may come poisoning. If it happenedyou must immediately do a gastric lavage. If a strong poisoning should immediately call an ambulance.

Ripe nightshade berries cook jam, filling for pies, dumplings. You can make the sauce.

Jam black nightshade: you will need 500g ripe nightshade berries, 600 grams of sugar, 1 Cup of water. The berries need to sort, put in a basin of water and sugar to make the syrup, pour it over the nightshade. The syrup should be hot. The composition is left overnight. In the morning he must be brought to the boil and simmer cook until tender.

The jam out of black nightshade: for its preparation you will need 500 grams of fruit, 500 grams sugar, 1 full Cup of water. Washed and filled with water, the berries should cook until they become soft, then grind with sugar and cook on slow fire until it boiled to half. It is necessary to use only ripe berries, unripe poisonous.

Seeds nightshade

One of the ways of reproduction of nightshade is a seed contained within its juicy, ripe berries. To plant a plant, crushing ripe berries and lightly covered with soil. The plants are planted from January to mid-spring. If watering nightshade excessive, then it begins to blacken the base of the stem. For better growth of plants cut twice. Sometimes the seeds of nightshade themselves can get into the soil of the pot. Then shoots are dug out and planted individually.

Nightshade room

At home decided to breed only two kinds: the symol nightshade and nightshade logoperiodic. In winter, they appear orange-red berries, and one of the plants are edible and the other poisonous. They are difficult to distinguish between. Nightshade does not require a lot more maintenance in the winter likes it cool. At home it is advisable to frequently spray the plant with water and trim as needed. If you do not do this, it can become a weed.

Nightshade likes bright sunlight, but direct sunlight brings bad. In the summer it's nice to stand on a balcony or expose for the window, but protect from drafts and rain. Outdoors the plant will bear better. If the bad nightshade blooms and little leaves on it – so it lacks light. Especially in winter, the plant needs fresh air but not drafts.

Nightshade symol is very effective for sore throat and tonsillitis. In addition, the juice of the plant is good to heal cuts and wounds, promotes the resorption of boils.

Nightshade decorative

Ornamental nightshade came to us from South America and from the island of Madeira. This lush bushes with beautiful berries that change yourcolor from green to red, has a year-round growing season. But, despite the attractiveness of the berries, they're poisonous, so do not want to grow ornamental nightshade in families where there are small children. The plant is considered an annual, but if you take care of it, it will bloom more than one year. Even inexperienced people will easily be able to grow nightshade.

Ornamental nightshade – tropical plant, so it likes lots of light and moisture. But, of course, pour it is not worth it, especially during the winter. And, by the way, in winter, nightshade need cool temperature, about 12-15 degrees Celsius. This is, perhaps, the only obstacle to widespread cultivation of this plant.

Nightshade sweet

It is a perennial, wild, climbing plant. The length of the shoots from 30 cm to 5 m. the Berries of the plant bright red, oval-shaped, shiny, they taste bitter. Growing this type in Ukraine and in the European part of Russia, found almost everywhere in wet and dry areas.

Widespread use of sweet nightshade in folk medicine. For treatment using stems with leaves and flowers with fruit. They are recommended for whooping cough, bronchial asthma, spastic cough. Juice of nightshade sweet treat fungal infections of the skin, its buried in the nose with a runny nose and eyes if the conjunctivitis is 1-2 drops.

Nightshade bitter

It is an annual, wild-growing herbaceous plant, the ordinary garden weed. Nightshade berries are black with a bluish bloom, sometimes green. The white blossoms of the bitter nightshade is different from other types. Its height is approximately six feet. The stalk is straight, with many small twigs. On the stem and leaves have fine white hairs. Oval green leaves are on petioles. Flowering nightshade continues all summer.

Bitter nightshade growing on the territory of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan. Its flowers can be found everywhere: in courtyards, in landfills and on the street. From the wild nightshade, eat only the ripe berries, all other parts of it are poisonous. In folk medicine used the flowers and berries of nightshade. They contain vitamin a, carotene, sugars, organic acids.

Infusion of young sprouts used for colds, flu, itchy rashes, middle ear infections, boils, neuralgia, diseases of the urinary tract. A decoction of the flowers is prescribed for pulmonary diseases, whooping cough, bronchial asthma.

Nightshade is poisonous

Nightshade berries may be poisonous if consumed in food or inmedicinal purposes is not ripe. If you eat them in large quantities, perhaps a strong poison. Bright red berries on a green background leaves are very beautiful look at the indoor types of nightshade. In some countries these small trees used as a Christmas tree. But in families where there are small children, it is better not to grow.

Despite the fact that nightshade is poisonous, the national medicine long since uses it in the grass, flowers and berries. Berries for medicines are harvested from August to September, and the grass – during flowering. At headaches, pain in the stomach and intestines, and pain in the bladder used decoctions and infusions of nightshade. Make a puree of berries to treat wounds, mashed potatoes mixed with sour milk.

Nightshade loneparent

The birthplace of this type of nightshade – Brazil and Uruguay, where it grows everywhere. This evergreen shrub with branched stems usually grown as a plant is an annual. Nightshade is poisonous, in contact with skin juice of nightshade irritation may occur. The leaves of the plant are dark green, slightly wavy at the edges, white flowers star-shaped, up to 1 cm in diameter. Ripe berries have all shades – from orange to bright red in color, diameter about 2.5 cm.

The plant needs diffused light, without it, nightshade will not bear fruit and leaves on it will not be enough. Direct sunlight should be avoided as the leaves may get burned. Nightshade feels good in the dark, and in autumn, when ripe red berries, it can be rearranged into the room.

Nightshade loneparent has a tonic, antispasmodic, hypotensive, antiviral and antimicrobial action. It is a good hepatoprotector. In South Africa it is used in the treatment of boils, gonorrhea and stomach cramps. In India tincture and decoction of nightshade treat drowsiness and acute pain.

Nightshade, sunberry

Canberra – annual fast-growing plant, its structure resembling a tomato. On the tetrahedral stalk ripen purple-black berries, each of them weighs 2 grams and the diameter is 2 cm. the Plant is undemanding and you'll be abundant productivity. This medicinal plant is useful for everything from tips of stems, and ending with the roots. Berries are harvested in September, the period of maturation.

In folk medicine, Canberra used in the treatment of rheumatism and osteochondrosis. Fruit plants enhance visual acuity and have antiseptic, laxative and diuretic properties. This healing plant has a pleasant taste.

Contraindications to the use of nightshade

Nightshade – a poisonous plant, so it should be used with exact dosages and underthe supervision of a doctor. Preparations of nightshade cannot be taken by pregnant or nursing women, children. Can also be individual intolerance of the plant.