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Bittersweet Nightshade

Solanum dulcamara

Bed: "Miscellaneous"

Toxicity:

Longevity: unknown

History

Used in antiquity as a medication for cancer, tumours and warts. The plant really gained popularity in medicine beginning around 1500, when the stem began to be used as a depurant and diuretic and as a remedy for arthritis, syphilis and skin disease.