Intersnyh facts about the medicinal plant Belladonna

Belladonna is actually a very beautiful plant. It is from the category of medicinal. It is known somewhere from the III century BC.

It is quite poisonous, so you need to handle it with care.

1. In medicine, they are used to treat tumors and ulcers. But, not as an independent component, but as a component, often serves as a basis.
   2.The main application is pain relief.
   
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   Still belladonna was used as a sleeping pill.
   True, poisons from it, too, famously cooked. Hamlet's father in the famous work poisoned that way.

On the basis of belladonna, eye drops were made. women specially buried their eyes - for beauty, thanks to her pupils dilated, the view became more beautiful. Hence the name, which in Latin means "beautiful woman."
Belladonna has hallucinogenic properties. Her berries are very poisonous. At what, only for the person. Birds eat them without harm to health, with an enviable appetite.