Traditional Uses of Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger)

Herbalist Marina Kesso shows viewers one of her Henbane plants and speaks about its tranditional uses at her old herb farm in Sligo, Ireland. Ross and Marina have since relocated to their woodland home in Co. Clare and rebranded as Ivywood. Visit their herb nursery shop for plants and herbal medicine courses at www.ivywood.ie

[@mutjed]

My first attempt at growing henbane a black widow spider decided to make my plant her new home. Double the deadly.

[@statoilbensin2190]

How often did it need water?

[@shuvanidev]

I have never seen such a mature henbane plant - it's gorgeous! I can't believe how big it gets! Love your video's, very instructive, thank you!

[@ivywoodIreland]

Thanks, glad you enjoy the videos :)

[@Holistic-Healthcare]

Love the gorgeous Trichocereus pachanoi in the background!

[@ksuhuh]

Really interesting! I have belladonna and henbane in my tunnel as well. Love your trichocereus in the background!

[@ivywoodIreland]

Thanks ksuhuh :)

[@ev3rsonix392]

Henbane isnt something you wanna really consume, but taken through the skin, it can be useful. I have actually consumed this plant among other alike ones such as datura, belladona, brugmansia, and horse nettle and all of them felt similar in effects, they induced hallucinations, CNS depression, delirium, and not so pleasant effects, i find them spiritual in a way, but dangerous for sure. Also, nice san pedro, looks great, i got a baby right now and cant wait to watch it grow over the years.

[@sivolb]

Hah! So it is Indeed a San Pedro! I have heard you can consume henbane through the skin and have spychoactive effects, do you know anything about this?

[@statoilbensin2190]

@@sivolb scopolamin plaster brukes som reisesykeke medesin. Så tror nok det skal funke. Bulmeurt blader under armen kan nok gi rus. Er sikkert farlig så man burde ikke gjøre det.

[@jeslib.4573]

I chose this plant to write about for my term paper in botany. Although the paper is on exotic and invasive species (I’m in the US and it is for us.) Never had heard of it before, but when I was doing a quick research of plants, it had me at psychedelic and witches! My second choice was chicory, ha! This one is way more fun! Thanks for your video- you will be cited in my paper! Cheers!

[@ukacip9310]

ohhh yea you can do dark stuff with this plant... people in colombia are using it to make tourists willignly give all their money to them

[@katieewatson8]

I just saw this plant growing by the river while on my run today! I’m in Calgary Alberta Canada. Super interesting, the beautiful black and whiteish flowers really caught my eye!

[@elvisrahman3179]

Lovely video.. Every second was informative. Thank you so much dear :)

[@ivywoodIreland]

Aww, thank you Elvis Rahman :)

[@str44thond71]

smelling the plant is also toxic, proceeds to smell the plant

[@chrisrichardson1916]

thank you very informative

[@mohammadalam9992]

Valuable information

[@meadish]

Very informative. How did your experiments with the oil go if I may ask?

[@ytrebiLeurT]

I love it :)

[@elcunto7623]

Did you ever make any oils from the henbane plant?

[@statoilbensin2190]

@ivywood how often do I need to water my Pale henbane? Also wonder if you think it might work to plant them in winter time when the sun is gone if I use a plant germination light? Or should I wait for sun to comeback in February? Also will it stink up my apartment?

[@msufhvuduc]

Its soo nice to hear someone know what their on about, when it comes to witchcraft ! Thanks appreciated the accurate history !

[@ivywoodIreland]

Thanks Graveyard Boy :)

[@steveheim5]

How much henbane tea do I need to drink to go berserker?

[@SMOKETHEPROFESSOR]

1 cup

[@housecat1359]

BERSERKER

[@sundevil2295]

What do you recommend for people living in America to learn medicinal uses of Henbane? I don't have the money to go to Ireland.

[@chrisellenback6210]

Cool

[@purpleskies6600]

if you were to grow your own for sciatic pain are there any guides you would link up? also is it an issue to obtain the seeds and have then shipped internationally

[@statoilbensin2190]

In my country you need permition to grow it. However people do it anyways and most likely I dont think package with it will be stopped. If so just explain you did not know about it needing special permition.

[@johanlindenhann254]

The Bliss

[@chrisellenback6210]

Is there anywhere I can buy this plant/ seeds??

[@Unpainted_Huffhines]

It was also used in gruit to bitter ale before hops became prevalent. I'm not sure I'd want to drink much of such an ale.

[@ChrisEllenback]

Very beautiful and medicine. Just be careful and small doses😅😅

[@Sedgehun]

Which of the witches' nightshade herbs would contain the highest concentration of these alkaloids?

[@thumphreybrogart4108]

By my understanding, I'm not an expert I just researched a little bit in my free time because I'm interested in it. But in descending order or tropane concentration I believe it goes Belladonna, Datura, Mandrake, Henbane. I believe Belladonna also has the highest concentration of atropine in relation to the other alkaloids... So be careful with that

[@aubreyravenl]

Those datura leaveas are bigger than your head. Beautiful.

[@aymansaied780]

Wonderful, I wish you success I cannot translate the video into Arabic. We have the Egyptian plant from it. Can you activate the translation into Arabic?

[@altlaina2643]

What kind of datura is the huge one to the right of the screen? It's so big!

[@divisejohnson1951]

Alt Laina Stramonium, European subspecies

[@Sedgehun]

Wow, I see you have devil's trumpet in the background.

[@kenseymour5152]

How does it work for medicine and is poison it was a ancient pain reliever

[@BarrocoTarot]

Hello. Do you sell seeds? Your videos and plants are beautiful.

[@ivywoodIreland]

Thanks for your comment :) We don't sell seeds I'm afraid. We only save a samll anout for our herb nursery. We do however sell plants, including Henbane from our herb nursery www.ivywood.ie We are in Ireland so can only ship to Ireland and Europe. Where are you based? Marina

[@BarrocoTarot]

@@ivywoodIreland I'm from Spain! 🌞❤

[@BarrocoTarot]

@@ivywoodIreland I would love to buy them!

[@55chh]

Very informative! It seems you can't keep your hands off of it, stroking and caressing, in the end a giggle ;-)

[@ivywoodIreland]

Indeed! Plants enjoy contact as much as us mere humans do ;)

[@tristan7844]

@@ivywoodIreland you are so beautiful....

[@Sarah_270]

@@tristan7844 creep

[@Mikerockinon1]

ive spent hrs weedeating this plant never new what it was tell now never had any trouble .just tryin to get rid of it.its very persistent

[@ivywoodIreland]

You're very lucky to have such a beautiful plant haunting you ;)

[@Sedgehun]

Atropa Belladonna is the strongest of them all, right?

[@ivywoodIreland]

Hi BigHunTraps, thanks for your question. Psychotropic plants effect us all in different ways, as our metabolisms etc etc are all individual. So Belladonna may not necessarily be the most potent.. extraction method/ method of ingestion and dosage would all be factors too :)

[@divisejohnson1951]

Ivywood Of course, dosage is always a factor obviously, I meant the quantity of alkaloids gram per gram and such, which of the witches’ herbs are the most deadly - I heard Belladonna and Baetica are the most potent with the most alkaloids!

[@mukhumor]

Oh yeah flyin'...

[@AFROJOE2323]

Very informative! Can you teach us more about making tinctures and oils with this plant? the psychotropic qualities should totally be self bred into this plant to increase potency and alkaloidal production! I'm sure there is ways to decrease toxicity.

[@ivywoodIreland]

Hi AFRoJoe2323, we only teach medicine making in person from our farm and garden in Ireland. We just feel that teaching practical medicine making doesn't work via an online course. You would'nt get to experience the tastes and smells and actually meeting the plants. Happy you like the video :)

[@dropndeuces82]

This is found in the Northeastern US

[@Redant23]

I want to try it.

[@heidgandreiter8438]

Hi, I see ITC on cover video still image, left a wise woman and right a negative Nature Spirit. The Völve, Als island.

[@user-td3mf9zy2k]

Could I somehow buy herbs from you?

[@ivywoodIreland]

Hi Kirin, we only sell plants from our herb nursery www.barerootbotanicals.ie We only dry and make tinctures and other remedies for our own clinical practice.

[@chrisrichardson1916]

thank you

[@chiefrocka680]

Let's have a sniff and get our giddy on

[@vanderdavila7700]

FALTOU LEGENDA EM PORTUGUES OU ESPANHOL

[@RobertBican]

...shall we have 🍵tea?

[@triple_gem_shining]

Pedro I see

[@hyosciamussolanaceae5696]

7 minutes d'intoxications^^

[@joannaskor316]

You are saying how dangerous it is to sniff while you are sniffing it? what's that about?

[@ivywoodIreland]

For the general public I would not recommend sniffing or touching the plant too much as you can indeed inhale and absorb in the phytochemicals of the plant via the breath and the skin. I am a qualified naturopath, herbalist and grower who is very familiar with all the plants we grow and use in clinic and therefor have enough experience to confidently handle the plant :)

[@drosa4612]

@@ivywoodIreland Heehee. Perfect answer:D

[@jeanneamato5525]

Gardeners should be care around poisonous plants if they have cuts on their hands.

[@chiefrocka680]

Survival of the fittest

[@chiefrocka680]

Hard R

[@iandixon4937]

Does it cause schizophrenia?

[@housecat1359]

No

[@statoilbensin2190]

I have heard abour psycadelics doing just that. I have a friend that got it he says never touch magic mushrooms.

[@iandixon4937]

@@statoilbensin2190 I figured it out DMT poisoning

[@Buongona]

If toxicity would be a reason for not using a plant as medicine, we would not have any medicine.

[@juliabrooks6556]

this as a homeopathic is used for adhd

[@ChrisEllenback]

It's so toxic, but she never stop touching and smelling,etc!!!

[@strychnine7777]

For some reason when I look at you I am infatuated and lustful ... wow, wonder what you use for crafts. :>