![]() It grows in sandy areas mainly in southwestern America, in Mexico, and in the Mediterranean countries. Passos, Maria Mironidou-Tzouveleki, in Neuropathology of Drug Addictions and Substance Misuse, 2016 Datura stramoniumĭatura is a type of plant that belongs to the family Solanaceae. In current clinical practise, this plant once again is severely under-utilized, but with good indication, its constituents of scopalamine and other atropines make it a potentially toxic medicinal plant. Datura has a long ethnomedicinal history in many cultures throughout the world. The seeds are eaten in small amounts to relieve severe pain (personal communication, Crosslin Smith). The Western Cherokee use the leaves in a cold-water extraction to be used topically as a poultice put directly on burns and open lesions. The seeds are also eaten by the medicine priests to enhance their psychic abilities (personal communication with Gee George and Crosslin Smith). The leaves are dried and smoked for acute asthma attacks, or made into a hot poultice to draw out boils. The Eastern Cherokee use the leaves as a traditional asthma treatment. When livestock eat the bountiful leaves, they are said to ‘go crazy’, and sometimes, the colloquial name of ‘crazy weed’ is given to the plant. Jimson weed, Thorn apple, or Devil's trumpet remains a very important Cherokee plant medicine used for people and live stock. ![]() Jody E Noé, in Advances in Phytomedicine, 2002 IV.G. ![]()
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