SOLANUM NIGRUM
description & usage
Solanum is a herbaceous plant , the stem is green, leaves are oblong. Corollum is white. Berry is dark purple. It is found in waste lands.
Uses:
Healing wounds sores, ulcers abdominal pains, for ring worms; Leaves are employed as poultice over rheumatic and gouty joints ; also as a remedy in skin diseases.
How to Use:
Freshly prepared fluid extract from all portions of the plant, (berries, leaves and stems) has been recommended in dropsy, with the dosage of 1/2 to 2 drachmes; also in heart diseases, skin diseases, piles, gonorrhoea, inflammatory swellings and chronic cirrhosis (enlargement) of the liver and spleen. A syrup of it is useful as a cooling drink in fevers, and to promote perspiration. Leaves made but are applied to painful and swollen testicles. Decoction of the berries and flowers is useful in cough and consumption, in doses of 1 to 2 ounces. The juice of leaves is used for ulcers, and paste of un ripened berry is used to expel ring worms.
Parts Used:
Leaves, fruits
Taste:
Sweetness
Action:
Alterative, sedative, diaphoretic
Uses:
Healing wounds sores, ulcers abdominal pains, for ring worms; Leaves are employed as poultice over rheumatic and gouty joints ; also as a remedy in skin diseases.
How to Use:
Freshly prepared fluid extract from all portions of the plant, (berries, leaves and stems) has been recommended in dropsy, with the dosage of 1/2 to 2 drachmes; also in heart diseases, skin diseases, piles, gonorrhoea, inflammatory swellings and chronic cirrhosis (enlargement) of the liver and spleen. A syrup of it is useful as a cooling drink in fevers, and to promote perspiration. Leaves made but are applied to painful and swollen testicles. Decoction of the berries and flowers is useful in cough and consumption, in doses of 1 to 2 ounces. The juice of leaves is used for ulcers, and paste of un ripened berry is used to expel ring worms.
Parts Used:
Leaves, fruits
Taste:
Sweetness
Action:
Alterative, sedative, diaphoretic