Very poisonous
Effect:
leads to death
Areas of application in homeopathy:
Colds, infections, neuralgic pain, cramps, swelling of the lymph nodes, colds with high fever, children who are sensitive to light and noise, asthma, colic, menstrual cramps, gout
Plant parts used:
Leaves and roots
Collection time:
Spring to autumn
To find:
On the edges of forests, in forest clearings, near forest paths.
Ingredients:
Tropane alkaloids (hyoskyamine, atropine, scopolamine), flavonoids, coumarins
Other:
🛑 Attention: The berries are still very often confused, especially by children, and are deadly poisonous!!! Symptoms of poisoning starting with pupil dilation, then reddening of the skin, racing heart, delusions and finally death due to respiratory paralysis. It is important to educate children so that poisoning can be avoided.
The magic plant was part of the witches' ointments; it caused hallucinations and evoked erotic ecstasy.
All parts of the Deadly nightshade are poisonous, least of all the berries. Despite everything, a few berries are enough to cause poisoning or death.
Hildegard von Bingen: She has coldness in her and is dangerous for people. But if a man has a large ulcer that perforates his flesh, let him take a little goose fat and suet and add to it a drop of deadly nightshade juice. So he made an ointment with it and applied it to his large ulcers. But not often, so that it doesn't harm him. That's why he takes a little belladonna, a drop on a feather, because if he adds too much it eats away at his flesh.