What is nightshade? Belladonna?
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It's a type of poison.
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Other answers:
Belladonna (Atropa belladonna), commonly called Deadly Nightshade, is from the Solanaceae family, genus Atropa. Another name is Devil's Cherries due to the effects of ingesting the plant and the appearance of the berries it produces.
It's a deliriant and a poison. A perennial herb (it comes back year after year), it produces small red to black berries that contain atropine, scopolomine and hyoscyamine. It's been used for centuries as a medicinal, poisonous, and ceremonial herb.
Tobacco plants are a species of the genus Nicotiana, belonging to the Solanaceae (nightshade) family; this also includes potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, belladonna, and petunias. This relates to the old adage that tomatoes were poison. Being from the same family as Nightshade, Native Americans had a hard time getting new settlers to America to try the vegetable.
It was used as a cosmetic to dilate the pupil of the eye. Ophthalmologists still use atropine, the active chemical, for that purpose.
The word Belladonna is Italian for Beautiful Lady. To Earth Worshipping Faiths (Witches, in particular) it is associated with Water, Saturn, and Mars because of its connection with the war goddess Bellona. The herb has been used for astral projection and is an ingredient in flying ointments. It's a witchcraft essential.
Belladonna (Atropa belladonna), commonly called Deadly Nightshade, is from the Solanaceae family, genus Atropa. Another name is Devil's Cherries due to the effects of ingesting the plant and the appearance of the berries it produces.
It's a deliriant and a poison. A perennial herb (it comes back year after year), it produces small red to black berries that contain atropine, scopolomine and hyoscyamine. It's been used for centuries as a medicinal, poisonous, and ceremonial herb.
Tobacco plants are a species of the genus Nicotiana, belonging to the Solanaceae (nightshade) family; this also includes potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, belladonna, and petunias. This relates to the old adage that tomatoes were poison. Being from the same family as Nightshade, Native Americans had a hard time getting new settlers to America to try the vegetable.
It was used as a cosmetic to dilate the pupil of the eye. Ophthalmologists still use atropine, the active chemical, for that purpose.
The word Belladonna is Italian for Beautiful Lady. To Earth Worshipping Faiths (Witches, in particular) it is associated with Water, Saturn, and Mars because of its connection with the war goddess Bellona. The herb has been used for astral projection and is an ingredient in flying ointments. It's a witchcraft essential.