Black henbane is a truly exceptional plant. With a look that is very striking - the glandular-hairy leaves, crisscrossed with black veins, white flowers, the dry seed pods - it has a very special look to it, but all parts of the plant are highly poisonous! In folk medicine, it was used as an anticonvulsant and especially against asthma. As the active ingredient content can vary strongly, serious poisonings occurred often. Therefore, today, henbane is only used as a homeopathic dilution. Antiquity embraced this poisonous herbaceous plant with the sticky hairy leaves and unpleasant smell for reasons of divine worship. In Medieval times, black henbane won recognition for its part in the concoction of “flying potion” and as an intoxicating additive to beer - until the 17th century, beer was mixed with black henbane to enhance its impact. By means of the German medieval beer purity law, henbane and many other beer ingredients were outlawed and no longer used. Ethnologists speculate that the name of the city Pilsen, home of Pilsner beer, derives from the German word for henbane, “Bilsenkraut”. Caution: The whole plant is very poisonous and is particularly dangerous for children!
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No title hab die erfahrung gemacht, dass es in freier rund 3 mal so hoch wird als wenn es nach der vorzucht im topf bleibt
hab die erfahrung gemacht, dass es in freier rund 3 mal so hoch wird als wenn es nach der vorzucht im topf bleibt
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