EN--YOSKYAMOS

(GENUS: Hyoscyamus)Gender dicotyledonous plants (family Solanaceae) comprising about 20 species. In our country found 3 native species, known by the old name, doctor, etc. daimonariaThe henbane was known from ancient times and the healing properties of its ingredients (various alkaloids such as hyoscyamine, scopolamine, etc. with sedative and antispasmodic actions) used by the late 18th century. In the pharmaceutical used primarily leaves that are large, soft, usually jagged or contain alkaloids ellova and a small percentage (0.3 to 1%).
The Melas henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) and responds in arid wastelands of our country and the kind that mainly exploited in pharmaceutical applications.Henbane-Hyoscyamus niger-Solanaceous (Solanaceae) Black henbane.Plant valuable and dangerous.In Greece, few other species of the Nation «Hyoscyamus» Other pharmaceutically Black is known, the old names, doctor, beleles, glykyamos.To plant that lives for a year or two.Is hairy.Upright stem has a height to 60 cm., Velvety in appearance cylinder and leaves oval or elongated lobed.The flowers come in cob, colored light purple at the ends of branches.The fruits are "capsules" with two lobes and contains many seeds grayish.
The plant is harvested in April and May, before the boom.Use the leaves and seeds.Successfully grown by seed everywhere.Exhibits properties similar to those of Bellantonas but as soothing ypnopoio is somewhat stronger, so it is taken in cases of convulsions, tremors and even brain pathiseis.Einai as henbane good medicines against neuralgia and nervous coughs and whooping cough.And even when the urinary incontinence and bleeding hemorrhoids and when the hernia.
Everything is henbane and swelling of the eyes, and a very good drug to kataprani them hysterical and epileptic.The leaves soothe crises of asthma (smoked as cigarettes, just as the Ntatoura) - but always with the Medical Directive.Whatever henbane, the very helpful and this therapeutic plant, when the proper use of in the appropriate case, it is still against arthritis, rheumatism and during painful inflammation in the skin and breast.But the range of therapeutic properties of this exceptional plant does not end here.Whatever henbane is both: against aimoptyseos and metrorrhagia.During the night sweat tuberculosis.Against the paralysis of the iris, acting just as atropine.And yet, anti-arthritic and rheumatic pain (with poultices).Against swellings and tumors.At rashes and dislocations (sprain) and against contusions with indoor and outdoor use decoction (2-4 g.dried leaves for a kilo grams of water from -15 to 60From this day -)."Repeat that the henbane plant is very active, so its use should be undertaken only with medical directive."Used the powder of the leaves (10 cm to 1 g).Intact leaves for smoking.The decoction (4-8 in one thousand parts water) and leaves as a poultice.Black henbane can be replaced by two other (Hyoc.albus and Hyoc.aureus - the white henbane henbane and gold).Whatever henbane contains: hyoscyamine, atropine, scopolamine, and an oil, which is lightweight balm.