HERBAL MONOGRAPHSmg atropine, with an alkaloid-rich drug at 30, considerably
less for children). Severe poisonings are particularly con-
ceivable in connection with the misuse of the drug as an
intoxicant. Treatment for poisonings include gastric lavage,
temperature-lowering measures with wet cloths (no antipy-
4£ retics!), oxygen respiration for respiratory distress, intuba-
tion, parenteral physostigmine salts as an antidote, diazepam
for spasms and chlorpromazine for severe excitation.DOSAGE
HENBANE LEAF
Mode of Administration: Standardized Henbane powder and
galenic preparations for internal application.Daily Dosage: The average single dose is 0.5 gm of
standardized Henbane powder corresponding to 0.25 to 0.35
mg total alkaloid. Maximum daily dose is 3.0 gm of
standardized Henbane powder corresponding to 1.5 to 2.1
mg total alkaloid, calculated as hyoscyamine.Storage: Keep protected from light in tightly sealed
containers.HENBANE SEED
Mode of Administration: The drug is available as an
91 emulsion or powder.Storage: Should be stored separate from other medicines.LITERATURE
HENBANE LEAF
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Apotheker, Toxikologen und Biologen, 4. Aufl., Wiss. Verlags-
Ges. Stuttgart 1997.
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1994.
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1996.
Lewin L, Gifte und Vergiftungen, 6. Aufl., Nachdruck. Haug
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Madaus G, Lehrbuch der Biologischen Arzneimittel, Bde 1-3,
Nachdruck, Georg Olms Verlag Hildesheim 1979.
Roth L, Daunderer M, Kormann K, Giftpflanzen, Pflanzengifte,
-W* 4. Aufl., Ecomed Fachverlag Landsberg Lech 1993.
Sharova EG et al., Khim Prir Soedin (1):126. 1977.
Steinegger E, Hansel R, Pharmakognosie, 5. Aufl., Springer
Verlag Heidelberg 1992.
Teuscher E, Lindequist U, Biogene Gifte - Biologie, Chemie,
Pharmakologie, 2. Aufl., Fischer Verlag Stuttgart 1994.
Teuscher E, Biogene Arzneimittel, 5. Aufl., Wiss. Verlagsges.
Stuttgart 1997.HENNA /391Wagner H, Wiesenauer M, Phytotherapie. Phytopharmaka und
pflanzliche Homoopathika, Fischer-Verlag, Stuttgart, Jena, New
York 1995.
Wellen BJ, Zur Geschichte des Bilsenkrautes. Eine
pharmaziehistorische Untersuchung besonders zu Hyoscyamus
niger L. In: Dissertation Universitat Marburg. 1986.
HENBANE SEED
Frohne D, Pfander HJ, Giftpflanzen - Ein Handbuch fur
Apotheker, Toxikologen und Biologen, 4. Aufl., Wiss. Verlags-
Ges. Stuttgart 1997.
Hansel R, Keller K, Rimpler H, Schneider G (Hrsg.), Hagers
Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, 5. Aufl., Bde 4-6
(Drogen), Springer Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1992-
1994.
Lewin L, Gifte und Vergiftungen, 6. Aufl., Nachdruck, Haug
Verlag, Heidelberg 1992.
Madaus G, Lehrbuch der Biologischen Arzneimittel, Bde 1-3,
Nachdruck, Georg Olms Verlag Hildesheim 1979.
Roth L, Daunderer M, Kormann K, Giftpflanzen, Pflanzengifte,- Aufl., Ecomed Fachverlag Landsberg Lech 1993.
Tattje DHE et al., Zusammensetzung der etherischen Ole von
Laurus nobilis, L. nobilis var. angustifolia und L. azorica. In:
PM 44:116-119. 1982.
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Pharmakologie, 2. Aufl., Fischer Verlag Stuttgart 1994.
Henna
Lawsonia inermis
DESCRIPTION
Medicinal Parts: The medicinal parts are the pulverized
leaves, the fruit and the bark.
Flower and Fruit: The flowers are in small impressive
groups of 4 panicles and yellowy-white to brick-red. The
calyx is top-shaped, later bowl-shaped without appendages.
The petals are thick, very wrinkled, yellowish-white to brick-
red. The stamens are arranged in pairs. The fruit is an
indehiscent or a fibrously torn berry. The seeds are small and
angular, and the seed skin is spongy at the tip.Leaves, Stem and Root: Henna is a deciduous, 2 to 6 m high
shrub with partly thorny, short shoots and opposite paired,
narrowly acuminate lanceolate leaves.
Habitat: Found in Egypt, India, the Middle East, Kurdistan
and Iran.
Production: Henna is the aerial part of Lawsonia inermis.
Other Names: Alcanna, Egyptian Privet, Jamaica Migno-
nette, Mignonette Tree, Reseda, Henne, Mehndi, Mendee,
Smooth Lawsonia