Medicinal properties and use of dope-herb

Thin smooth pipes of erect forked-branched stems Datura ordinary, growing to half a meter, from June to August are decorated in their forks with large white funnel-shaped flowers. In July-September, the flowers turn into egg-like upright boxes of fruit with seeds inside. The genus of foodstuffs, belonging to the family of nightshade, has in its composition 13 species, capturing the vast geographical range from the Baltic to the African tropics. Datura ordinary, along with the dope purple, Indian and harmless, belongs to the most common species.

The chemical composition of the dope

All parts of the dope are largely, although differently, composed of alkaloids - atropine, hyoscyamine, scopolamine. In the stems, their number is about 0.15%, and in the seeds - 0.22%. They are natural holinoreceptor blockers that affect the success of our muscles.In addition to alkaloids, the dope contains tannins, carotene and essential oils, thanks to which the plant has all its contradictory properties. There is a lot (up to 25%) of fatty oil in the dope's seeds, the undoubted benefit of which for people is much greater than the possible harm that can be avoided.

What is useful dope for the human body

Despite the anxiously sounding name, Datura vulgaris has a wide range of medicinal properties that have a beneficial effect on the human body, primarily antiseptic and soothing. As a spasmolytic, it is good for use against symptoms of respiratory diseases (bronchitis, asthma, etc.), as well as diseases of vital internal organs (stomach and intestines, liver), saving people, in particular, from spastic constipation and colitis.

Cardiac bradycardia and a number of other diseases of the blood vessels are effectively treated with the help of a dope due to the properties of its drugs, which suppress the parasympathetic nervous system. There are cases of successful use of a herbal mixture of dope with adonis to alleviate the situation of people suffering from stomach cancer. Datura, which has undoubted useful properties, has certain contraindications that must be taken into account both by the patients themselves, and by doctors and healers.

The use of dope in modern medicine, plant-based drugs

Modern pharmacology has used the centuries-old experience, creating a therapeutic oil tincture with a wide range of uses, including potentiation of potency, on the seeds of the dope.

In current pharmacies, more well-known is dope oil, which is industrially made from its fruits and seeds. The most famous part of its use was the removal of unwanted hair, although in fact it is used to treat both internal and external diseases. Datura leaves are part of various anti-asthmatic fees and drugs, and some of its components are ingredients of anti-inflammatory drugs for rheumatism, arthritis and pleurisy. In pharmacies, these funds are available by prescription in powder and tablet forms.

How dope is used in traditional medicine (recipes)

Household recipes offer three basic dosage forms of Datura ordinary as its use in traditional medicine - powder, alcoholic infusions and decoctions, having determined by centuries of practice that it is in them that the medicinal properties of Datura-herb are best used. There is also such an unusual form as the smoke from the burnt leaves of the dope - it, with the help of self-twisted cigars, inhale asthmatics to alleviate the painful condition, as well as right next to the brazier, wishing to get rid of internal parasites. The cigar is twisted from the leaves of the dope, henbane and potassium nitrate purchased at the pharmacy in the ratio of 8: 2: 1. The powder is crushed dried leaves of dope. Indications for use are severe shortness of breath and convulsive cough.The dose is defined as the amount of powder at the tip of the knife. It is taken three times a day. The recipe for making a kind of tea from a dope is simple: the amount of dope's seeds placed in a teaspoon is poured into a glass, poured with boiling water for 30 minutes and the tea spoon is drunk three times a day. The action of the infusion is calming, therefore it is useful in the manifestations of mental disorders, excessive excitability or convulsions. It also helps to reduce pain in a malignant tumor of the stomach.

An alcoholic tincture is ready for use after 15 days of infusion of 85 g of dry seeds of a dope in 0.5 liters of vodka. The technology provides in this case a darkened room, daily shaking the container with the preparing drug, filtering the finished liquid. The course of application lasts 30 days, during which 25 drops of tincture, previously diluted in 0.1 l of water, are taken daily on an empty stomach. The remedy is prophylactic for the prevention of strokes and heart attacks and curative for getting rid of blood clots. It is possible and external use of infusion of dope. In this case, 20 g of its dry leaves are poured on for an hour with a glass of boiling water.The resulting infusion is mixed into a bucket of warm boiled water intended for a sitz bath, where the patient with the prolapse of the rectum is placed.

For external use for mastitis, mastopathy, bruises and decoction of the seeds of dope is used. They also rinse the mouth and throat, and inside are taken to combat the inflammatory processes, a teaspoon, diluted in half a glass of water. The decoction is effective, in particular, in inflammation of the lymph nodes. The recipe of preparation is also simple: one teaspoon of seeds is boiled in 0.2 l of water for a minute, infused for half an hour and then wrung out.

Datura: how to prepare medical raw materials

The main medicinal raw materials are the leaves of the dope ordinary. They are harvested during the flowering period, using dry weather. Rarely for medicinal purposes use the seeds, which are collected in the fall. Harvesting in both cases is done with gloves, since the natural toxicity of the dope can lead to trouble. The room for drying the collected raw materials should be well ventilated and darkened. The leaves begin to dry even in open space (in the shade), then transferring to an enclosed area.

Side effects and contraindications to the use of dope

Careless handling of ordinary dope, drugs and drugs from it is fraught with a serious toxic effect.

Symptoms, manifestations of which can develop from 10 minutes to 15 hours, in such cases include:

• dry skin;
• dry mouth;
• hoarse voice;
• thirst;
• nausea and vomiting;
• overexcitement;
• intermittent pulse.

There are cases when dope-grass causes strong hallucinations. The stupefying plants can lead to convulsions and loss of eye reaction to light, and the pupils remain dilated even before crescent even after the doctors managed to save the patient from other symptoms of poisoning.

Should not use drugs based on the leaves and seeds of the dope to avoid serious consequences, people who have at least one of the following diagnoses:

• glaucoma;
• arterial hypertension;
• chronic diseases of the heart, liver, kidneys;
• ulcerative colitis;
• intestinal atony;
• prostate adenoma.

The fight against human diseases is not limited to the beneficial properties of datura. From using it as an additive to feed in pigs increases the fat content of meat. With the help of infusions and decoctions, gardeners and gardeners destroy harmful insects. Veterinarians save dope from convulsions of domestic animals. But the most important thing in the dope-grass, in view of the existing contraindications, is the alleviation of human suffering.