Thread: What is Belladonna?

Belladona is a barbiturate usually used for its calming effects on the gastrointestinal tract. There are other uses for it, (listed as motion sickness, premenstrual tension, bed-wetting, and urinary incontinence), but I haven't seen this medication actually used for anything except hypermotility (diarrhea) problems in the intestinal tract. As with most barbituates, which generally have a sedative effect, there are many side effects, such...

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----quote----- Belladonna, also deadly nightshade, common name for an Old World herb ( Nightshade), and for a crude drug obtained from the plant. Belladonna is a biennial or annual plant with large simple leaves and bell-shaped flowers. The flower tube is five-pointed, dull purple or red-purple, and surrounded by five green sepals. The fruit is a single green berry that becomes purple to black with maturity. Belladonna is occasionally grown...