Henbane Seed

Traditional Use

Primary Actions

• Relieves spasm and severe pain - Tian Xian Zi is used for sharp abdominal pain, stomach or intestinal cramping, toothache, wind-damp pain, and traumatic pain where spasm and obstruction are pronounced.
• Calms coughing and wheezing by relieving spasm - older practice includes minute-dose internal use or smoke use for stubborn asthma-like cough with tightness.
• Calms the spirit and settles convulsive disorders - traditional use extends to mania, fright epilepsy, and severe agitation patterns.

Secondary Actions

• This is a seed-specific toxic tropane-alkaloid record and should not be flattened into the already-live Yang Jin Hua flower page, even though both belong to the same broader belladonna-type pharmacology family.
• Tian Xian Zi is remembered less as a general tonic herb than as a dangerous specialist analgesic-antispasmodic used in very small doses or external applications.

Classic Formulas

• Tian Xian Zi Wan from the Saint Ji tradition - warming stop-diarrhea use for chronic cold diarrhea and prolapse patterns.
• Miao Gong San - pairing with Da Huang for dysenteric pain and tenesmus when obstruction and lingering pathogen coexist.
• Lang Dang Zi San - older sedating strategy for mania, convulsions, or seizure-like presentations.
• Toothache powders, smoke applications, or point use - classic external direction for severe dental pain.

Classical References

• Official Chinese herb references describe Tian Xian Zi as bitter, acrid, warm, and highly toxic, entering the Heart, Liver, and Stomach to stop spasm and pain and calm convulsive disorders.
• Classical literature repeatedly highlights toothache, spasmodic abdominal pain, wheezing, chronic diarrhea, prolapse, and mania-like states as its main indication clusters.
• The decisive traditional fact is not only efficacy but danger: internal doses are tiny and continuous use is specifically discouraged.