Hyoscyami folium
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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Hyoscyami folium, also known as henbane leaves, are the dried leaves (with or without flowering two-tips and occasional fruits) of Hyoscyamus niger, the black henbane.
Because of the low therapeutic breadth (strong poisonous effect of the tropane alkaloids!) henbane is no longer used today.
HMPC: preparation of a monograph discontinued in 2011.
ESCOP: no monograph
Commission E: monograph in 1988: cramp states in the area of the gastrointestinal tract; currently, according to today's knowledge phytotherapeutically no longer use!
IngredientsThis section has been translated automatically.
Henbane leaves contain tropane total alkaloids (0.03 to 0.2 %) such as atropine, L-hyoscyamine, apoatropine, L-scopolamine. Further ingredients are choline, traces of essential oils and tanning agents.
EffectsThis section has been translated automatically.
As a drug, henbane leaves have the highest scopolamine content and therefore have centrally sedative properties. In addition, they have spasmolytic (especially on the muscles of the gastrointestinal tract) and narcotic effects.
Field of application/useThis section has been translated automatically.
Henbane leaves are used medicinally as an anticholinergic, for colds or spasms in the gastrointestinal tract and are contained in scar ointments.
DosageThis section has been translated automatically.
The average single dose is 0.5g of the hyoscymic powder adjusted according to DAB. Maximum Tges dose is 3.0g.