Belladonna is a homeopathic remedy obtained from the plant of the same name, useful against colds, sore throats and exanthematous diseases of children. Let's find out better.
Description Belladonna
Belladonna, whose scientific name is Atropa belladonna, (Atropa was also a Greek goddess who had the power to sever the thread of life) is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the family of Solanaceae . The Belladonna homeopathic remedy is obtained from the dilutions, interspersed with dynamizations, of the mother tincture of the whole Atropa belladonna plant when it begins to bloom.
The plant grows in the mountainous areas of central Europe, northern Africa and western Asia. In Italy it can be found in the woods of the Alps and the Apennines. The whole plant is poisonous and especially its berries, despite having a sweet and pleasant taste: the ingestion of only some of them can cause death.
The plant contains three alkaloids, which are its active ingredients, namely: atropine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine . Atropine acts on the parasympathetic nervous system and performs sedative and anesthetic activities, but it is very dangerous because this is the deadly substance. Still today it is used in the field of ophthalmology to dilate the pupils to observe the ocular fundus.
Hyoscyamine is a stimulant of the central nervous system. Scopolamine is a depressant of the central nervous system. Both have antispasmodic abilities. At the appropriate doses, the parts of the plant (leaves, roots, seeds) can be used in the treatment of various diseases, such as asthma, neuralgia, headache , rheumatic and muscular pain, spasms and gastrointestinal and biliary colic.
When using Belladonna
Belladonna is the remedy is suitable for all problems in which there is a strong stimulation of the nervous system. Hot, redness and burning are the three most common symptoms.
These are diseases with localized or generalized congestion whose symptoms appear in an acute, sudden and violent way, accompanied by redness, a sensation of heat, burning and throbbing pain, hyper-excitability of all the senses, often with fever sometimes accompanied by delirium and hallucination.
The symptoms worsen to the touch, with the movement, with the noise, with the light, with the air currents, lying down, at night, uncovering the body, with the cut of the hair, with the bumps and the shocks, while they improve with the rest, standing upright, in a warm room.
One of the most common uses is that for diseases of the respiratory system; it is also the remedy for the exanthematous diseases of children, with eruptions that spread rapidly.
Use Belladonna in general for:
- respiratory system, for those who tend to cool easily, especially after cutting their hair or leaving their heads uncovered. Cold, cough, flu or fever and ailments that affect the throat : if it is dry, reddened, swallowing difficult
- ears, in case of otitis , pain, mumps
- conjunctivitis in the eyes, pupillary dilation
- exanthematous diseases, such as scarlet fever, measles, rubella
- genital disorders, early or late menstruation, dry vagina, hot flushes, swollen, inflamed or hard breasts
- nervous system, convulsions, epilepsy, neuralgia, hallucinations, insomnia, depression, headache
- skin problems, eczema, acne, erythema, chilblains
- gastro-intestinal problems, colitis, colic, constipation
- widespread joint pains, pains in the teeth, swollen and red gums
Doses and administration
In all cases 4CH dilution, 3 granules or 5 drops 3 to 6 times a day as needed.
To whom Belladonna is recommended
The Belladonna type is extremely influential, it is a pleasant person, of company, when it is well; but when he gets sick he becomes violent and often raves. Most often they are women and children with light hair and blue eyes, fair skin, delicate skin, nervous with a tendency to convulsions.
Belladonna is particularly suitable for those who are very sensitive to the cold, who cannot stand to discover themselves. Furthermore, the remedy has no depth of action, ie it does not penetrate the body quite deeply and its action lasts a few days.
