Description
HENBANE (HYOSCYAMUS NIGER)
Henbane is a plant. The leaf, flowering tops, and seeds are used to make medicine. But henbane contains chemicals that are poisonous, particularly in high doses. Don’t confuse henbane, sometimes called “fetid nightshade” or “stinking nightshade,” with bittersweet nightshade or deadly nightshade (belladonna).
Henbane is used in traditional herbal medicine for ailments of the bones, rheumatism, toothache, asthma, cough, nervous diseases, and stomach pain. It might also be used as analgesic, sedative, and narcotic in some cultures.
Uses
- Muscle cramps.
- Scarring
- Spasms of the stomach and intestines.
- Stomach pain.
- Stomach ulcers.
- Toothache
