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Belladonna or Deadly Nightshade

Atropa belladonna

Photo by Meik Meißner
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Field Notes

Description:

Berries are black and glossy, leaves a dark green.

Habitat:

Mixed woodland, mostly spruce and beech. Growing under half shady light conditions.

Notes:

Deadly poisonous!!!
Medicinal use:
A. belladonna has been used in traditional treatments for centuries for an assortment of conditions including headache, menstrual symptoms, peptic ulcer disease, histaminic reaction, inflammation, and motion sickness.
Nowadays it finds use in homeopathy as an agent against symptoms of flu (e.g. fever and headache).

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Atropa belladonna

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Comments (8)
Meik Meißner
Thanks! I will add some more soon. However, if you see anything in particular please point them out, because I might not know of their homeopathic use.
p.young713
Great!! Thanks for joining!! You have some very good homeopathy plants in your spottings!!
p.young713
Would you like to join the mission for plants used for Homeopathy medicines? This would be a good photo for that mission!! http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8473287
Meik Meißner
Harsha, you're right it is used in homeopathy against symptoms of flu.

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PublishedOctober 20, 2011

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