Bryony, Black
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Bryony, Black
POISON!
Botany: Tamus communis (Linn.
Family: Dioscoreaceae N. O.
* Drugs Action and uses
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Synonym Root Blackeye.
Part used Root.
Tamier belongs to a family of climbing and twining plants which are usually born large tubers, some of which are cultivated for food such as yam, which is an important article of food in many tropical countries. Great Britain provides a single species of this tribe, Tamus communis, which, by its powerful qualities, bitter and cathartic, ranks as a dangerous irritant poison.
It is a very common plant in woods and hedgerows, low stems twining anything to reach the tower, ascending or creeping among the trees and bushes to a considerable distance.
Description
The leaves are heart-shaped pointed, smooth and brilliant general, as if they were lucky. In late autumn they turn yellow or dark purple light, which makes a very showy. In winter the stems die down, even if the root is perennial.
The flowers are small, greenish white, in loose clusters and two kinds, fertile and sterile on different plants, the latter replaced by a soft red color at maturity.
The large fleshy root is black on the outside and very pungent, and even if a cathartic old drug, a cure is more dangerous when taken internally. It is like yam, thick and tuberous and rich in starch, but too pungent to be used as food in any way.
The young shoots are said to be eating well when dressed as asparagus, Moors eat boiled in oil and salt, after they have been previously soaked in hot water.
Gerard says of this plant:
“The Black Briony resembleth wild vine white Briony, but not clasping tendrils, and it is easier to be losed. The root is dark outside and a pale yellow inside, like the box. It differs from Briony white only in that the root is colored yellow box inside, and fruits or berries are black when they mature. ”
As for the color of berries, Gerard is at fault: red, they are bright. Other writers have also made the same mistake. The root is almost cylindrical, 1 to 1 1 / 2 inch diameter, 3 to 4 inches long or more, and black.
Medicinal Action and Uses
Rubifacient, diuretic. The expressed juice of the fresh root, mixed with a little white wine, was used as a remedy for gravel, a powerful diuretic, but it is not given to the inside now, and is not included in British Pharmacopoeia. Death in the most painful is the result of an overdose, while the effect of small amounts, varying not only with age, but in the particular patient, leaving little room to determine the boundary between security and destruction. The expressed juice of the root with honey, has also been used as a remedy for asthma complaints, but other remedies that are safer to be preferred.
The Act berries as an emetic, and children should be warned against eating.
As an external irritant, Tami has however been used successfully, and it was once widely used. The scraped pulp was applied as a dressing stimulating, and gout, rheumatism and paralysis has been found suitable in many cases.
A dye-based root proves a most useful application for chilblains not disturbed, and also fruits, drenched in gin, are used for the same remedy.
Black Bryony is a popular remedy for removing discoloration caused by bruises and black eyes, etc. The fresh root is scraped to a pulp and applied as a poultice.
For wounds, the former authors recommend that it be made into an ointment with “pork fat or wax, or ointment comfortable.”
Tamus The generic name is given to the factory in the belief that it is the same as described in the works of Pliny under the name of Uva Taminia.
The Greeks used the young suckers like asparagus, which they resemble.
T. cretica is from Greece and the Greek islands.
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