Deadly Nightshade, Atropa belladonna
By H. Zell [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Olivier Pichard [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Donald Macauley (‘Deadly Nightshade’) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By H. Zell [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Medicinal Garden information:
Used as an antispasmodic in bronchial asthma and whooping cough.
Orally, belladonna is used as an antispasmodic in bronchial asthma and whooping cough; Its anticholinergic activity is due to its tropane alkaloid constituents.
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