What does Datura flower do?

Datura stramonium is a flower plant with beautiful appearance and particularly strong toxicity. It contains a lot of scopolamine, alkaloids and atropine. It is an excellent Chinese herbal medicine and can treat many diseases. So what is the function of Datura flower? The following small series will tell you specifically.

[Reminder] Datura: Plants are poisonous and fruits are highly toxic.

Efficacy of Datura flower

1, Datura flower can be anesthetized to relieve pain.

Datura stramonium is a Chinese herbal medicine with super anesthetic effect. After people take it, it can play the role of anesthesia and pain relief. As early as ancient times, it was an anesthetic commonly used in Chinese medicine, that is, the Chinese patent medicine extracted from it now, and it was also an anesthetic commonly used in surgery. The effect of anesthesia and analgesia is particularly good.

2, Datura flower can relieve cough and asthma

Cough relieving and asthma relieving is one of the main functions of Datura stramonium. It contains alkaloids and atropine, which can not only stimulate the contraction of tracheal smooth muscle, but also dilute sputum, accelerate the discharge of sputum, and quickly improve symptoms such as asthma, cough and tracheitis. At the same time, Datura can also excite the respiratory center, accelerate people's breathing, and quickly relieve the symptoms of dyspnea caused by tracheitis.

3. Datura flower can dispel wind, remove dampness and relieve pain.

Datura flower can also dispel wind, remove dampness and relieve pain. Has a good therapeutic effect on human rheumatoid arthritis. Usually, 30 grams of Datura flower can be soaked in 500 grams of white wine, and taken out after half a month, and can drink 5 to 10 grams each time. In addition, nine grams of Datura flower can be decocted with clear water, and the obtained liquid medicine can be used for directly scalding the affected part, and can also play a role in reducing swelling and relieving pain.