«Krasavka» - Organic Belladonna ordinary Seeds (Atropa belladonna)

The variety is winter-hardy, resistant to drought and lodging. The growing season is 120-128 days. The content of alkaloids in the raw material is on average 1.0%. At the initial stages of organogenesis, plants of the Krasavka variety have a green color with anthocyanin. In the first year of vegetation, plants are 0.8-1.2 m high, and in the second and subsequent years - 1.5-2.0 m.

The stem is branched in diameter up to 3 cm, intensely covered with anthocyanin. Leaves are entire, ovate-pointed, petiolate, dark green in color, pubescent below. Leaf blades are on average 35cm long and 16cm wide.

The plant foliage is about 60%. The flowers are bell-shaped, drooping. The color of the flowers is brown-violet, with a yellowish tinge at the base. Corolla 3 cm long, 2.5-3 cm wide. Fruit is two-nested, multi-seeded, juicy, violet-black berry, shiny on a long stalk. The root system of the variety is powerful.

The whole plant contains the alkaloid hyoscyamine. Atropine - the main alkaloid of the plant, has antispasmodic and neurogenic properties. It reduces the tone of the intestines, uterus, bronchi and other smooth muscle organs.

All of the alkaloids in belladonna improve heart function, dilate pupils and increase pressure within the eye.

The use of belladonna
The leaves of the plant are used for the production of tinctures, tablets, extracts and other drugs for the treatment of various diseases.

On the basis of belladonna, preparations are made, used as an anti-inflammatory, pain reliever for ulcers of the intestines and stomach, for muscle pain, tuberculosis and even for epilepsy.

In ophthalmology, atropine, which was isolated from belladonna, is widely used. But if a person has increased eye pressure, then the use of belladonna as a means of treating eyes is contraindicated for him.

Beladona is used for poisoning with poisonous substances or mushrooms.

Small doses of belladonna are used if they want to reduce the secretion of the salivary or sweat glands. And also a small dose of this poisonous plant normalizes the peristalsis of the pathways, removes bile and urine from the body.

Scopolamine content was found in the roots of the plant. Scopolamine is a substance used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

The juice squeezed from the leaves of the plant helps to remove age spots, if any, on any skin area of ​​a person.

The name can be pronounced as Belladonna, or belladonna, or krauha, or sleepy stupor, or mad berry, or mad cherry, or European belladonna, or belladonna ordinary, or belladonna.