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In addition, Hyoscyamus is used for physical conditions associated with involuntary twitching, such as delirium, and for fits of dry coughing. Homeopaths may prescribe it for certain types of convulsions, such as petit mal, epilepsy, and, in children, febrile convulsions with a rapid rise in temperature.
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Brown-Sequard says that hyoscyamus should be used instead of belladonna or opium, in cases of paraplegia, with symptoms of irritation of the spinal cord, where sleeplessness is present.
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It is therefore used in insomnia, especially when opium cannot be given; except for this difference it acts like atropine. Hyoscyamus is used to relieve the griping caused by drastic purgatives; exactly how it acts is not known, but it acts without diminishing the peristalsis;
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Hyoscyamus is used mainly for its antispasmodic effect on the digestive and urinary tracts, and to counteract griping due to purgatives. Its sedative and antispasmodic actions make it a valuable treatment for Parkinson’s disease, relieving tremor and rigidity in the early stages of the disease.
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- I have used hyoscyamus with decided success in cases of mild sunstroke or heat-stroke, where the patient has suffered more or less from faintness, vertigo, headache, a sense of tightness across the forehead and chest, a quick and full pulse, sleeplessness, and much nervous irritability.
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Hyoscyamus contains hyoscyamine, used since antiquity as both a sedative and a love potion. The ancient Egyptians smoked henbane for their dental problems. Pedanus Dioscorides (ca. 40-ca. 90 CE.) used it to procure sleep and allay pains.
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www.flowersinisrael.com/Hyoscyamusaureus_page.htm
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Biological name (genus and species): Hyoscyamus niger; Parts used for medicinal purposes: Leaves; Roots; Berries/fruits; Chemicals this herb contains: Hyoscyamine; Scopolamine;
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The Priestesses of Delphi was thought to have used Henbane for prophetic purposes. Hyoscyamus niger was used in magic infusions to produce clairvoyant trance states. In the middle ages the dried herb and seeds were smoked as cigarettes.
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Henbane is used in medicine as a source of the drugs hyoscyamine and scopolamine. (Hyoscyamus niger, family Solanaceae.) ... This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use...
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