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1 Surface densely covered with fine, bulgy, reticulate veins.

2 Surface brownishyellow or greyishyellow.

3 Non-sticky when in contact with water.

Semen Hyoscyami

Ripe seed of Hyoscyamus niger L. (Solanaceae).
Relieving spasm and alleviating pain; tranquilizing the mind; stopping asthma.
Bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis; epigastric pain, toothache, rheumatic pain, post-trauma pain; as anaesthesia.
Top grades are plump, brownishyellow.

Easy to confuse with Semen Hyoscyami's Medicine:

» Semen Hyoscyami and Semen Hygrophilae

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