Product name: belladonna Extract
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Description: Belladonna is a plant. The leaf and root are used to
make medicine.
The name “belladonna” means “beautiful lady,” and was chosen
because of a risky practice in Italy. The belladonna berry juice
was used historically in Italy to enlarge the pupils of women,
giving them a striking appearance. This was not a good idea,
because belladonna can be poisonous.
Though widely regarded as unsafe, belladonna is used as a sedative,
to stop bronchial spasms in asthma and whooping cough, and as a
cold and hay fever remedy. It is also used for Parkinson's disease,
colic, motion sickness, and as a painkiller. Belladonna is used in ointments that are
applied to the skin for joint pain (rheumatism), leg pain caused by
a disc in the backbone pushing on the sciatic nerve (sciatica), and
nerve pain (neuralgia). Belladonna is also used in plasters
(medicine-filled gauze applied to the skin) for treating
psychiatric disorders, a behavior disorder called hyperkinesis,
excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis), and bronchial
asthma.
