Unani Dhaturaa.
Siddha/Tamil Oomatthai, Karuvoomatthai.
Action Various plant parts are used in headache, hemiplegia, epilepsy, delirium, convulsions, cramps, rigid thigh muscles, rheumatism. Leaf— antitumour, antirheumatic. Leaf and corolla—anti-inflammatory. Flower—antiasthmatic. Seed, leaf and root—anticatarrhal, febrifuge, antidiarrhoeal, antidermatosis; also used in cerebral complications. Seeds—used in asthma. Limited use in kinetosis (excessive salivation, nausea and vomiting).
Along with other therapeutic applications, The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India indicated the use of the whole plant in dysuria and alopecia.
The plant accumulates more hyoscine than hyoscyamine. Hyoscine
content of dried leaves and flowering tops—between 0.02—0.55%. Alkaloid content of leaves—0.55%; stem—0.4%; seeds—0.19%; pericarps—0.8%; root at flowering of the plant—0.77%.
Hyoscine in large doses causes delirium and coma.
Dosage Seed—30—60 mg. (API Vol. III.)
Datura stramonium Linn.
Synonym D. tatula Linn.
Family Solanaceae.
Habitat The Himalaya from Kashmir to 5114dm up to 2,700 m, hilly districts of Central and South India.
English Thornapple, Jimsonweed, Stramonium.
Ayurvedic Krishnadhattuura, Dhuurta (black seed var.), Unmatta, Kitav, Tuuri, Maatul, Madan.
Unani Dhaturaa.
Action Spasmolytic, antiasthmatic, anticholinergic, cerebral depressant, nerve-sedative. Controls spasms of bronchioles in asthma. Anticholinergic. Effects of overdose are similar to those of atropine. Temporary relief from Parkinsonian tremor recorded. (Contraindicated with depressant drugs.) Applied locally, stramonium palliates the pain of muscular rheumatism, neuralgia, also pain due to haemorrhoids, fistula, abscesses and similar inflammations. Prevents motion sickness.
204 Daucus carota Linn. var. sativa DC.
Key application In diseases of the autonomic nervous system. (Included among unapproved herbs by German Commission E.)
D)The British Herbal Pharmacopoeia reported antispasmodic action ofthe
