Latin, Atropa belladonna, A. lethalis, Belladonna baccifera, B. trichotoma, Solanum furiosum, S. hortense, S. maniacum, S. lethale, S, magus, S. melanoceros, S. somniferum, S.sylvaticum;
English, Common dwale, Deadly nightshade ;
French, Belladone;
German, Tollkraut;
Urdu, Yabruj;
A large, bushy, perennial herb, with a thick, fleshy, juicy, branched and spreading root,
pale-brown externally, white internally, when fresh. The stems are erect, 3 to 5 feet high,
thick cylindrical, smooth, dividing at first into three, then dichotomous, frequently branching,
the youngest shoots pubescent. The leaves are numerous, alternate below, in pairs above, one
larger than the other, short stalked 3 to 9 inches long, ovate, entire dark-green in color. The
flowers, May to August are solitary (rarely two or three together), axillary, stalked drooping,
pedicel as long or longer than the calyx with short, glandular hairs; calyx five cleft. Corolla,
bell shaped, about an inch long, cut into five lobes, dull reddish-purple tinged with pale–green
below. The barries ripen in September. The whole plant is fetid when bruised, and of a
dark-purplish color.
Found in :-
Europe, growing in ruins and waste places. It grows in abundance in the Himalayan ranges extending from Simla to Kashmir at an altitude of 6000 to 12000 feet.
Introduced into homoeopathic:-- |
Practice by Hahnemann, Frag. d. viribus 25. Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. II. 67 ; X. 373, 645.
The whole plant, when beginning to flowers.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Belladonna, moist magma containing solids | 100gm. |
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Plant moisture 567 Cc. | = 667 |
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Strong alcohol | 470 Cc.
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x to contain one part tincture, four parts distilled water, five parts alcohol; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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