Datura stramonium

Ummam

Common Names:  Jimsonweed, Jamestown weed, Thorn Apple, Downy Thornapple, Devil's Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet, Mad Apple, Stink Weed and Tolguacha.

Toxic parts: All parts , Flowers, Leaves, Mature fruit, Seeds, Stems.

Toxic chemicals: Atropine, Hyoscine(Scopolamine), Hyoscyamine.

Uses:

All parts of the Datura stramonium have medicinal value but only the leaves and seeds are official.Datura stramonium was used internally to treat madness, epilepsy, and depression. Externally, it formed the basis of ointments for burns and rheumatism. In low doses, it is used as a common remedy for asthma, whooping cough, muscle spasm and symptoms of Parkinsonism.

Datura stramonium is a very poisonous plant. Cattle and sheep have died from eating it, and children have been poisoned by sucking nectar from the flowers. Symptoms include dilated pupils, thirst, fever, loss of coordination, confusion, rapid pulse, labored respiration, hallucinations, convulsions, and eventual coma. Death is rare however, and, if stomach contents are removed immediately, recovery usually follows in several days.

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