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What does hyoscyamus mean?

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Noun
  1. (botany) Any of the genus Hyoscamus of henbanes.
  2. (medicine) The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectoral troubles.
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Thus, hyoscyamus, belladonna, ammonium bromide have been used.
The most common ingredients prescribed were iodides, organic nitrites, stramonium, belladonna, atropine, hyoscyamus, tobacco smoke, and menthol.
He prepared a boiled oil of hyoscyamus, or henbane, in the usual way, with common oil.
The oil of hyoscyamus is poisonous, and contains the alkaloid.
Anodynes, belladonna, hyoscyamus, and opium act as antipyretics simply by quieting the nervous system.
The extract of belladonna is considerably stronger than the extract of hyoscyamus.

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