{"id":1042,"date":"2017-02-20T03:32:41","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T03:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/?page_id=1042"},"modified":"2025-05-20T17:11:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T17:11:34","slug":"common-nightshade","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/1herbs\/common-nightshade\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Nightshade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=center>\n<h5>Contents:<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"#Names\">Common Names<\/a> | <a href=\"#Parts\">Parts Usually Used<\/a> | <a href=\"#Description\">Plant(s) &amp; Culture<\/a> | <a href=\"#Where\">Where Found<\/a> | <a href=\"#Properties\">Medicinal Properties<\/a><br \/>\n  <a href=\"#Uses\">Uses<\/a> | <a href=\"#Warning\">Warning<\/a> | <a href=\"#Bibliography\">Bibliography<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Scientific Names<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CommonNightshade.jpg\" align=\"right\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" alt=\"Common Nightshade\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Common Nightshade<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Solanum nigrum L.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Woody Nightshade, Bittersweet<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Solanum dulcamara L.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"Names\">Common Names<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b><em>Solanum dulcamara:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bittersweet nightshade<\/li>\n<li>Bittersweet<\/li>\n<li>Bittersweet herb<\/li>\n<li>Bittersweet stems<\/li>\n<li>Bittersweet twigs<\/li>\n<li>Blue nightshade<\/li>\n<li>Felonwort<\/li>\n<li>Fever twig<\/li>\n<li>Garden nightshade<\/li>\n<li>Mortal<\/li>\n<li>Nightshade<\/li>\n<li>Nightshade vine<\/li>\n<li>Scarlet berry<\/li>\n<li>Staff vine<\/li>\n<li>Violet bloom<\/li>\n<li>Woody<\/li>\n<li>Woody nightshade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Solanum nigrum:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black nightshade<\/li>\n<li>Common nightshade<\/li>\n<li>Deadly nightshade<\/li>\n<li>Garden nightshade<\/li>\n<li>Poisonberry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/b> <a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a> <\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Parts\">Parts Usually Used<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b><em>Solanum dulcamara:<\/em><\/b> bark of the root, twigs.<\/p>\n<p><b><em>Solanum nigrum:<\/em><\/b> leaves, herb.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Description\">Description of Plant(s) and Culture<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WoodyNightshade.jpg\" align=\"right\" width=\"350\" height=\"301\" alt=\"Woody Nightshade\"><\/p>\n<p>Any of several of the plants of the genus Solanum are called nightshade.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Solanum dulcamara<\/em><\/strong> is shrubby, thumb-thick, ashy-green, somewhat angular, climbing stem can reach a length off up to 10 feet.  The dark green (or purplish when young) leaves are alternate and variable in shape (may be cordate, landeolate-ovate, or hastate).  The purple, star-shaped flowers appear in paniculate clusters on shore lateral or terminal peduncles from May to August.  The fruit is a scarlet, bitter berry that hangs on the vine for months after the leaves have fallen.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Solanum nigrum (black nightshade):<\/em><\/strong> its erect, angular, branching stem grows 1 to 2 feet high and may be glabrous or covered with inward bent hairs.  The leaves are alternate, dark green, ovate, and wavy-toothed or nearly entire.  Drooping, lateral, umbel-like clusters of white or pale violet flowers appear from July to October.  The fruit is a many-seeded, pea-sized, purple or black berry. <br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Where\">Where Found<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>Solanum dulcamara<\/em><\/strong> is a perennial woody vine found in moist areas, around houses, and among hedges and thickets in the eastern and north-central states, the Pacific coast, and in Europe.  This common woody vine is found around barnyards and waste places.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Solanum nigrum (black nightshade)<\/strong><\/em> is an annual plant found in gardens and along old walls and fences in various parts of the U.S. and southern Canada. <br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Properties\">Medicinal Properties<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>Solanum dulcamara:<\/em><\/strong><em><\/em> anodyne, diuretic, emetic, herpatic, purgative.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Solanum nigrum:<\/strong><\/em>  diaphoretic, narcotic, purgative.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Uses\">Uses<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>Solanum dulcamara:<\/em><\/strong><em><\/em><br \/>\nAlthough bittersweet nightshade is a relatively weak poison, it is used almost exclusively for external problems.  Use it as a poultice for gout, herpes, furuncles, warts, ringworms, shingles, old ulcers, and felons.  Combined with chamomile it makes a good ointment for swellings, bruises, sprains, and corns.  For skin diseases and sores, combine with yellow dock.<\/p>\n<p>Dulcamara is used as a starting material for steroids and is confirmed by scientists to be significant in anti-cancer activity.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Solanum nigrum:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nTaken internally in very small amounts, the leaves strongly promote perspiration and purge the bowels the next day.  The juice of the fresh herb is sometimes used for fever and to allay pain.  In large doses, black nightshade can cause serious, but usually not fatal, poisoning.  Externally, the juice or an ointment prepared from the leaves can be used for skin problems, cancers, and tumors.  The berries are poisonous, but boiling apparently destroys the toxic substances and makes them usable for preserves, jams, and pies.  Extracts used in tea in India, China, Europe, Japan, Africa, etc.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Warning\">Warning<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Bittersweet nightshade (solanum dulcamara) should not be taken internally without medical supervision.  Contains steroids, toxic alkaloids, and glucosides.  Will cause vomiting, vertigo, convulsions, weakened heart, and paralysis.<\/p>\n<p>Take black nightshade internally only under medical supervision.  Some varieties contain solanine, steroids; deaths have been reported from use.  In India, some varieties are eaten as vegetables, but similar varieties may be violently toxic.<\/p>\n<p>There is a deadly nightshade; be sure not to confuse them.  Even so, use moderately.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Bibliography\">Bibliography<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0395988144\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0395988144&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=medherinf-20&#038;linkId=X7ZTSHWQ2N4GVWXT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buyit.gif\" width=41 height=16 border=0 alt=\"Buy It!\"> Eastern\/Central Medicinal Plants<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=medherinf-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0395988144\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i>, by Steven Foster and James A. 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