Latin, Solanum crenato-dentatum, S. inops, S. pterocaulon, S. ptycanthum, Solatrum nigrum ;
English, Black nightshade, Common nightshade, Garden nightshade ;
French, Morelle noire;
German, Schwarzer Nachtschatten ;
Urdu, Amb-usalab ;
Arabic, Amb-usalab.
A poisonous, annual herb, with thready, branching ligneous root.
The stem, 3 feet high, is erect, angular, much-branched, spreading,
and rough on the angles. The leaves are alternate petiolate, ovate,
acute, varying from sinuate-dentate to entire, smooth, the younger
parts pubescent ; they are much perforated by insects. The very small
white flowers have a musky odour, and appear from June to September
in lateral, drooping, extra-axillary umbels. The barries are about
the size of a pea, blue-black, globular, clustered.
Found in :-
The United States , naturalized from Europe, also in India (Western Himalayas upto 9000 feet.).
Introduced into homoeopathic practice :-- |
By Dr. Lembke, Allg. Hom. Zeit. 45, 74. in 1840. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IX. 57.)
The whole fresh plant and barries.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Solanum nigrum, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 400 Cc. | = 500.
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Strong alcohol | 635 Cc.
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x to contain one part of tincture,
three parts distilled water,
six parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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