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Datura Datura spp

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Datura stramonium

Common Names

Datura , Jimsonweed, metel nut, Thorn Apple

Botanical Name

Datura spp

Family

SOLANACEAE Nightshade Family

Datura Medicinal Properties & Benefits
Common Uses:
Properties:	Analgesic* Psychedelic* Demulcent* Antirheumatic*
Parts Used:	Seeds, leaves, flowers
Constituents:	alkaloids ,atropine , ahyoscyamine, scopolamine, ascorbic-acid, allantoin
Traditions:	Central and South America * Traditional Chinese Medicine *

Datura for Narcotic Anaesthesia

Varied species of Datura have been used in traditional medicine worldwide, primary among them Datura innoxia,Datura metel, and Datura stramonium. Datura are potent members of the Solanaceae family, relatives of other well known narcotic plants such as henbane and mandrake. The primary use of datura is as a hallucinocinic and intoxicant, though it does have medicinal uses. Seeds or powered datura leaves are often mixed cannabis and smoked to relieve asthma, and rheumatism in Indochina and Africa. In Mexico it was taken by women to relieve the pain of childbirth.The seeds are added to wine and beer to increase intoxication.

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Flowers and seed of Datura were used to treat skin eruptions, colds, and nervous disorders. It was mixed with cannabis in wine to use as a narcotic for surgical procedures. ^{Richard Evans Schultes, Albert Hofman, Christian Ratcsch
Plants of the Gods 1992}

Side Effects:

Seeds are extremely toxic, the leaves less so,the whole plant contains powerful alkoloids. This is not a plant to be taken lightly. Can be fatal and cause permanent mental imbalances if abused.

How to Use: Datura

Preparation Methods & Dosage :Not recommended for internal use.

Datura Medicinal Uses & Benefits

Datura for :Narcotic Anaesthesia
	If equal parts of this and of Cannabis sativa are gathered in the seventh and eighth moons, and digested in wine, it will produce a narcotic anesthesia that will enable small operations to be done without pain Li Shih-Chen, Chinese Medicinal herbs (1578)

Plant Description
Gottorfer Codex 1649-1659 Flowers: Trumpet shaped, erect flowers, some all white, some tinged with red, yellow or blue. Plant Class: herbaceous, leafy annuals and short-lived perennials, bushy plants reaching 2 feet in height Leaves:Alternate, 10�20 cm long and 5�18 cm broad, with a lobed or toothed edges. Fruit: A spiny capsule that contains many seeds. Preferred Habitat: Flowering Season: Distribution: temperate and tropical regions worldwide

History and Traditions
Datura has been employed as both a medicinal and ceremonial plant in many diverse cultures including Chinese, Zuni Indian, Mexican and Native Americans of the Southwest. Recorded use can be traced back to early Sanskrit, Chinese and Arabian writings. The noted eleventh century Arabian physician mentioned the herb as "metel nut", and the Greek Dioscordies wrote of it as well. The name datura was adapted to Latin by Linnaeus from the Sanskrit Dhatura. Datura was used as a surgical anesthesia by the Chinese, who imported the plant from India between A.D. 960 and 1644. In the Americas datura has played a major role in religious rites and medicine and is detailed in the earliest herbal of the New World, the Codex Berberina Latina, circa 1542. ¹
Folklore, Myths and Legends
References:
Richard Evans Schultes, Albert Hofman, Christian Ratcsch Plants of the Gods 1992

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