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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Physician's Materia Medica on Bitter-sweet (dulcamara)

BITTER-SWEET (Dulcamara)
   The twigs of SOLANUM DULCAMARA, Lin. Feebly narcotic; in small doses stimulates the secretions of the skin and kidneys; reputed anaphrodisiac. Used in cutaneous diseases.1


References

1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.