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A psychoactive plant that has a very thin line between psychoactivity and poisoning. Three berries of a Deadly Nightshade plant has been fatal for a child and one leave is enough is enough to kill an adult. The roots are generally the most toxic part of the plant.
The uses of Deadly Nightshade are as follows:
Cosmetic - Used by women, an extract of Deadly Nightshade was put in an eye drop and then dropped into the eye, making the pupil dilate. This usually makes a woman more attractive.
Recreational - People may make tea out of the leaves, the experience from the plant is usually long (12 hours up to 3 days) and is similiar to Datura, Dipenhydramine and Benadryl in effects. The effects include vivid hallucinations, dry mouth and general feeling of being poisoned.
Medicine - Deadly Nightshade can provide Atropine which can be used for an antidote for cholinesterase inhibitors and nerve gas used in chemical warfare. It can be also used by optometrists to dilate the pupils for eye examinations.
Deadly Nightshade can also be called Belladonna
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A hardy shrub with red to blue~purple berries that are Poison; the leaves are too & if eaten, will cause delirium & hallucinations! In the Olden days, women used this to increase the size of the pupils of their eyes~this was seen as a sign of Beauty. Also, long long ago it was used as an anesthetic during surgery.
I have a delightful belladonna/deadly nightshade plant in my flower garden. I adore it!
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A shrub with red berries; the leaves & berries, if ingested, cause delirium & hallucinations. It used to be used to dilate women's eyes as they perceived that as beautiful. Before the middle ages, it was used as an anesthetic for surgery. It grows wild too.
I have a belladonna/deadly nightshade\ plant in my garden & a tattoo of one also.
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