poisoning poisonous plants happens quite often, because many of them have an attractive appearance and at first glance does not seem dangerous.To those people who collect herbs should be very careful and follow all precautions.For them, it is important to know the poisonous plants grow and how they look.It is equally important to be able to provide first aid to the man poisoned.Most poisonous plants used in medicine.One of them - the henbane.Poisonous plant height of 30-60 cm. It belongs to the nightshade family.The people henbane (see below photo) has other names: mad blekota, zubnik, night blindness, durnika, dope-grass beshennitsa, stupor, scab.The Latin name of the plant Hyoscyam us niger L. In some literature uses the English name of the plant - Henbane, meaning "chicken killer".
Description
Belem - a poisonous plant, having not very pleasant, intoxicating scent.On top of it all covered with sticky hairs.The root of the plant upright, branching.Stem straight.The plants, which are not more than a year, only developed basal rosette of leaves large, egg-shaped.In the second year of life begins to develop a stem with amplexicaul, coarsely toothed leaves egg-shaped.Flower henbane slightly irregularly shaped, cream colored with purple veins.It is a tubular-bell-shaped cup with 5 teeth.Funnel-shaped corolla, stamens usually 5 Pestle with the top ovary and capitate stigma.Belen - a poisonous plant, flowering in summer (June-August) time.The fruit of it is urceolate bilocular box.Seeds per plant is enough, they are small, brownish-gray hue.
Distribution
poisonous plants Belem black grows mainly in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic States and Central Asia.Often found in Africa, India and China.Belen - a poisonous plant, which is considered a weed.It grows on wasteland, gravels, garbage heaps, close to the houses, gardens and orchards.In Crimea, can be found on the outskirts of the vineyards.Henbane grows in small groups or distracted, does not form undergrowth.Recently, in the Voronezh and Novosibirsk regions introduced industrial group.
poisonous and chemical composition
Toxic is any part of henbane.The plant contains toxic alkaloids, bitter glycoside, fatty oils, atropine group, resin.The maximum content of poisons in the flowering period.Atropine contained in Belene, has neurotoxic and psychotropic effects.Lethal dose for adults is 100 mg of the children only 10 mg.Atropine is quickly absorbed through the skin.Displayed substance in the urine within 14 hours.Symptoms of poisoning bleached are: excessive excitement, dilated pupils, flushing of the face, hallucinations, dizziness, light-headedness.
Application henbane medicine
Although henbane - a poisonous plant, it is often used for making drugs.Funds from bleached have on the human body sedative, analgesic and antispasmodic effect.The oil from the leaves of the plant are used for rastirok for bruises, rheumatism and gout.Extract of henbane is used in dysmenorrhoea, spasms of the muscles of the cervix, vaginismus.In folk medicine henbane is used to treat headaches, insomnia, melancholy, bronchitis, gastritis, convulsions and asthma.Small doses of drugs have a therapeutic effect, the big - are poison.Contraindications to the use of products containing henbane: pregnancy, lactation, hypersensitivity.Of drugs, which include henbane (pictured below), the most famous are: "Astmatin" and "Astmatol", "Kellatrin", "Efatin", "Aeron".
Application henbane in other areas
aqueous extract of henbane dyed hair to give it a bronze color.The evaporated juice of the plant is used in the preparation of a silver-white color.Seed oil is used in Egypt for combustion.Henbane and used in agriculture.Powder plants, herbal teas, infusions used to kill aphids, yellowtail, spider mites, diamondback moth, plant-eating bugs.Quite often used in cosmetics black henbane.It is added to creams for freckles and wrinkles in shampoos and conditioners to strengthen hair.
How henbane harvested
to the plant can be used all year round, it is necessary to learn how to properly store.Harvested dried henbane well-ventilated attic.The leaves are spread thin (less than 2 cm) layer, at times inverted.If there Electric driers, the plant was dried at 40-45 degrees.The yield of the finished raw material will not exceed 18%.When collecting plants and shifting to avoid poisoning, you must protect your hands gloves.If not, then after work wash your hands several times with soap.
Traditional recipes from henbane
In epilepsy, internal pain, rheumatism and sciatica is very useful alcohol tincture of henbane.For its preparation 30 g of dry raw pour a glass of alcohol (vodka, vodka).Insist 3-4 days in a container made of dark glass or the reach of sunlight.Ready infusion filter.Leaves drained and discarded.Receiving liquid three times a day for 1-2 drops diluted in 10 ml of water.Treatment is carried out for 20 minutes before the main meal.
next infusion is recommended to use the gastro-intestinal pains.Take a teaspoon of chopped dry mass and steamed 500 ml of boiling water.Wrap up and insist about 50 minutes.Once filtered, the leaves emit.Take as an anesthetic directly at pains three times a day for 10 ml.
In gout, neuralgia, rheumatic pains henbane fresh leaves soaked in liquid ammonia (1: 1).After one hour add vegetable oil (1: 5).Obtaining funds rubbed sore spots.When inflammation of the oral henbane leaves useful as a smoking cigar, trying to delay the healing smoke in the mouth.When a toothache is recommended to inhale the smoke from the burning henbane seed.
