Hyoscyamus albus Linnaeus

Hyoscyamus albus Linnaeus

Genus: Henbane
Family: Solanaceae
Forms and varieties

Henbane white has three main types:
1. Hyoscyamus albus L var. desert
2. Hyoscyamus albus L var. canariensis
3. Hyoscyamus albus L var. albus

Henbane white: history

Henbane white is the most commonly used magical and medicinal herb European antiquity. Today, this plant is known also under the name "henbane yellow", but earlier, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this herb has been known only under the name "henbane white". Much earlier than the seventeenth century Dioscorides characterized and described in detail in nature they white as a plant with the highest medicinal value. Pliny, in his book, "Natural history" ("Natural History") was also of the opinion that henbane white is a plant that has great medicinal value.
Henbane white: appearance

Henbane yellow able to grow 40 to 50 see Although the stems of plants grow vertically, henbane white has a bushy appearance. Light green stems and leaves of the plant gear and very hairy, like cups and fruits henbane. In Cyprus and in Greece, henbane yellow blossoms from January to July. Flowers are light yellow in color, and often dark purple from the inside. Henbane seeds can be white, pale brownish-yellow, less often grey.
Henbane white - psychoactive plant

Psichoaktiveli parts henbane are yellow leaves, seeds, and leaves of the plant.

Henbane white: preparation and dosage

Dried leaves henbane can be smoked (in the number equal to that contained in one cigarette) in the treatment of asthma, bronchitis, cough. Using henbane leaves, cones hemp and dried mushrooms Amanita can be prepared exciting Smoking mixture. This Smoking mixture, as a rule, is used as an aphrodisiac. The status of the prophetic delirium" can be achieved by inhaling the smoke of burning henbane seeds. Fresh or dried leaves henbane yellow can be used as an additive to blame. The prepared wine on the basis of henbane plants is used as a means for pain and spasms. For information about doses, see henbane black. In Morocco, it is considered that the two pinches of dried leaves henbane enough to get a hallucinogenic effect.

Henbane white: effects

The psychoactive effects of henbane white were well known in ancient times, and has been characterized as a mania, or madness. It should be noted that the Greeks used the term "crazy" not as a pathological condition, but rather as a dramatic change of consciousness:
"Madness (mania): nature of madness is a chronic state of being outside of ourselves. Even the rush of wine can cause a state of madness, not to mention such edible plants, such as Mandrake, or henbane. But this condition is not true madness, because it is very fast".
The Greeks considered the "madness" as "divine change is normal, orderly state."
Henbane yellow can cause a kind of prophetic and yasnovidyashaya state of consciousness (or trance). The effects and consequences of this kind of henbane identical to the effects of other kinds of plants.