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~ BELLADONNA. 
Also known as Deadly Nightshade. 
The dried leaves and root of Altropa Belladonna 
-(Linne) are used. 
Contains chiefly two isomeric alkaloids, atropine and 
hyoscyamine (also hyoscine, belladonine and atropamine). 
The root contains a larger percentage of alkaloids than the 
leaves. 
-Anodyne; antispasmodic; antihydrotic; antigalactic; 
mydriatic. 
Employed in the treatment of night sweats, mastitis, 
galactorrhea, asthma, spasm of the urethra and_ bladder, 
whooping-cough, acute sore-throat, collapse; and, in the _ 
form of ointment or plaster, for the relief of local nerve 
Pains. 
STANDARDIZED PRopucts: 
Fluid Extract Belladonna leaves; standard, 0.3% 
mydriatic alkaloids. Dose, | to 4 mins. 
Fluid Extract Belladonna root, U. S. P.; standard, — 
0.4% mydriatic alkaloids, Average dose, | min.” 
_ standard, 2.75: 
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