Mandrake

Stem plant Solanaceae, mandrake. Medicinal drug Mandragorae radix – mandrake root. Ingredients Tropane alkaloids: atropine, L-hyoscyamine, scopolamine. Effects Parasympatholytic: see under belladonna. Indications The drug is hardly used phytotherapeutically today because of its toxicity. Mandrake is used mainly in alternative medicine, for example, in homeopathy. In certain circles also as an intoxicant, hallucinogen, aphrodisiac and … Mandrake