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Belladonna is most frequently propagated by seed, sown in flats in early March. Because the seeds take 4-6 weeks to germinate, they should be started early. When the seedlings are an inch or so high they may be set out 18 inches apart. The seedlings should be well watered just after transplanting, and shaded for several days. First-year plants will grow only 1.5 feet high and will flower in September. At this time the leaves and tops may be collected, but the plants should not be entirely stripped.
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Belladonna has been around since ancient times. The roots and leaves of this herb could originally be found in wooded areas of Southern and Central Europe. Today the plant is ... cultivated in Asia, Algeria, and the United States.
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The various preparations of Belladonna have many uses. Locally applied, it lessens irritability and pain, and is used as a lotion, plaster or liniment in cases of neuralgia, gout, rheumatism and sciatica. As a drug, it specially affects the brain and the bladder. It is used to check excessive secretions and to allay inflammation and to check the sweating of phthisis and other exhausting diseases. Small doses allay cardiac palpitation, and the plaster is applied to the cardiac region for the same purpose, removing pain and distress.
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Belladonna ... has a very effective action on the circulation in the body, and it is usually given in cases of the pulmonary collapse during pneumonia - it is also used in treating typhoid fever and many acute diseases. Belladonna can actively hike the heart beat rate to 20 to 40 beats per minute, without lessening the pressure. The remedy is also effective in treating an acute case of soreness in the throat, and actively aids in bringing relief from local inflammation and congestion in the chest.
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In the mid to late nineties Joey Belladonna released his first two albums and has continued writing new material. Recently, work has begun on the new Belladonna album. Joey will collaborate with some new faces on this new album as well as other projects in the future.
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I[T] was during the Middle Ages in Europe... that Belladonna assumed its greatest importance in witchcraft and magic. It was one of the primary ingredients of the brews and ointments employed by witches and sorcerers. One such potent mixture, containing Belladonna, Henbane, Mandrake, and the fat of a still-born child,was rubbed over the skin or inserted into the vagina for absorption.The familiar witches broomstick goes far back in European magic beliefs. An investigation into witchcraft in 1324 reported that"in rifleing the closet of the ladie, they found a pipe of oyntment, wherewith she greased a staffe, upon which she ambledand galloped through thick and thin, when and in what manner shelisted." Later, in the fifteenth century, a similar accountstated, "But the vulgar do believe and the witches confess,that on certain days and nights they anoint a staff and ride onit to the appointed place or anoint themselves under the armsand in other hairy places and sometimes carry charms in theirhair." Porta, a colleague of Galileo, wrote in 1589 thatunder the effects of a potion of these hexing plants a "manwho sometimes be changed into a fish,; and flinging out his arms,would swim on the ground, sometimes he would seem to skip up and then dive down again. Another would believe himself turned intoa goose, and would eat grass, and beat the ground with his teeth like a goose; now and then sing, and…clap his wings."
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