Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.11-03-2021

Jimsonweed

Plant

English

Jimsonweed, Angel's trumpet, Apple of peru, Common thornapple, Datura, Datura stramonium, Devil's cucumber, Devil's trumpet, Devil's weed, Green dragon, Hell's bells, Jamestown weed, Jimson or jamestown weed, Locoweed, Mad apple, Moonflower, Pricklyburr, Purple thorn apple, Stinkweed, Stramonium, Thornapple, Tolguacha

Latin

Datura stramonium Linne, Datura loricata Sieber ex Bernh., Datura pseudostramonium Sieber ex Bernh., Datura stramonium var. tatula (L.) Torr., Datura tatula L., Stramonium foetidum Scop., Stramonium spinosum Lam., Stramonium vulgatum Gaertn., Datura stramonium f., Datura loricata, Datura pseudostramonium Sieb., Datura stramonium var. chalybaea W.D.J.Koch, Datura tatula, Datura stramonium var. stramonium, Datura stramonium var. tatula

Plantparts

Aerial part, foliage, Fruit, Fruits, Leaf, Roots, Seed, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

100-day cough, Ache, Aches, Analgesic, Anodyne, Antalgic, Anthelmintic, Anthracoid Erysipelas, Anti-asthmatic, Anticonvulsant, Anti-dandruff, Anti-epileptic, Anti-hypertensive, Anti-inflammatory, antiinflammatory agent, antiinflammatory agent in digestive tract diseases, Anti-neuralgic, Anti-parkinsonian, Antispasmodic, Anxiety, Anxiety disorder, Anxiety disorders, Anxious, Arterial hypertension, Asthma, Bruise, Bruises, Calmative, Calming of nerves, calm the central nervous system, Carsickness, Cholelithiasis, Choleliths, Chronic pain, CNS-Inhibitor, Colic, Coloenteritis, Contusion, contusions, Convulsion, Convulsions, convulsive state, Cough, Coughing, Coughs, Cramp, cramps, Dandruff, Digestive ulcers, disease of the eye, earache, Ear pain, Ear pains, Enlarges the pupil of the eye, enteritis, enterocolitis, Epilepsy, Erysipelas, Excessive urination at night, Eye complaints, Eye disease, eye diseases, Freight, gallstone, Gallstones, Gastric catarrh, gastric ulcer, Gastritis, General inflammation, General inflammations, High blood pressure, hypertension, Hyper tensive, Hypnotic, Ignis sacer, Inflammation, inflammation in general, Inflammation of the digestive tract, inflammations, Inflammations in general, injuries, injury, intestinal catarrh, intestinal worm, Intestinal worms, Kinetosis, Lowers bloodpressure, lulling, motion sickness, Mydriatic, Nerve pains, Nerve problems, Nervous disease, Nervous disorders, Nervousness, neuralgia, Neurosis, Nycturia, ophthalmic disease, Ophthalmic problems, opthalmic disease, Otalgia, otalgic, Pain, painful disorders, pain in ear, painkiller, pain relief, pain relieving, Pains, pains in general, pain stilling, Parkinson disease, Parkinsonism, Parkinson's disease, PD, Pertussis, reduce blood pressure, reduce high bloodpressure, relaxes the nervous system, relax spasms, sedative, shaking palsy, soothe, soothes nerves, Soothing, Soporific, spasm, Spasmolytic, St. Anthony's fire, St Anthony's fire, Stomach ulcers, Stone in the gallbladder, the rose, tranquilizer, Tranquilliser, tranquillizer, Travel sickness, Ulcer, Used in the treatment of cough, whooping cough

Homoeopathically uses

Asthma, convulsions, cramps, neuralgia, spasms

Warnings

do not self-administer, Hallucinogen, hallucinogenic, induce hallucinations, No folk medical use, no folk medicinal use, Poison, Poisonous, Toxic

Other uses

Asthma cigarette, hair preparations, Narcotic, narcotic effect, truth drug, truth serum

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Religion, Magic & Witchcraft

Magic, magic power, magic use, Witchcraft, Witchery

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical used in Showbak, Jordan, Phytomedical used in southeastern Morocco (Errachidia province), Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in Cyprus, Phytomedical use in the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana)

Ingredients

 acetic acid, Acetone, Aconitic acid, Aesculetin, Aesculin, alkaloid, Alpha-Ketoglutaric acid, ascorbic acid, atropine, Butanol, caffeic acid, Calcium, Chlorogenic acid, Chromium, citric acid, Copper, essential oil, Ethanol, fat, fat oil, Ferulic acid, flavonoid, Formaldehyde, formic acid, fumaric acid, Galactose, glucose, Glycolic acid, Hyoscine, hyoscyamine, hypaconitine, iron, Isobutyraldehyde, lactic acid, L-Hyoscyamine, Lignoceric acid, linoleic acid, magnesium, malic acid, manganese, Methanol, Neochlorogenic acid, nicotine, Oleic acid, Palmitic acid, poisonous alkaloid, potassium, potassium nitrate, Propionaldehyde, protein, rutin, Scopoletin, Scopolin, Sitosterol, sodium, Stearic acid, succinic acid, tannin, Tropane alkaloid, Tropine, Umbelliferone, zinc

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn0303

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