BOTANICAL NAME: Datura metel
FAMILY: Solanaceae
ENGLISH NAME: Green chiretta
COMMON NAME:
Siddha: Nilasampangi
Manipuri: Kundalei angouba
Urdu: Gul shabbo
Folk: Gulcheri, Gulshabbu
Kannada: sukandaraji
Tamil: Neela Sampangi
Telugu: Nelasampengi
Marathi: Gulcheri
REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:
https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read
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HABITAT: Datura metel is commonly found in tropical parts of India to temperate parts of Himalayas. Also found all over Bangladesh in road sides and other fallow lands. It is invasive in parts of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:
Dhattura (Datura metel) is large, erect and stout an annual herb that grows up to 3 ft. high is known by the Thorn apple plant. It somewhat furry, having dark violet shoots with oval to broad oval leaves which are often dark violet as well
Leaves are simple, oval to broad oval in shape that are often dark violet in color and are alternate in arrangement.
Flowers of this plant are large, greenish white or it can be yellow, red, and violet in color which are pleasantly-scented and are bisexual, and hypogenous. Its seed capsule is covered with many tapering humps and a few spines.
Roots are cylindrical in shape having lateral branches. It is brown in color and have rough surface because of presence of Fissures.
The stem of this plant is green hollow and herbaceous with strong odor.
Fruits are knobby and not spiny. Capsule is ovate to obovate with persistent reflexed calyx; about 4 cm long, 3 cm wide, covered with short, stout, spines; taste, bitter and acrid. Inflorescence are Solitary and axillary cyme.
AYURVEDIC CHARACTERSTICS:
| RASA | GUNA | VEERYA | VIPAKA | PRABHAVA | DOSHGHNTA |
| katu, Tikta | Laghu, ruksha | Usna | Katu | – | Pittaprakopaka |
AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS:
| TASTE | PROPERTY | POTENCY | POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT | EFFECT ACTION | DOSHA ACTION |
| Pungent, bitter | Light,dry | Hot | Pungent | increases pitta dosha |
MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Scopolamine, Daturadiol, Hyoscyamine, Fastudine, Allantoin, Niacin, Vitamin C, Tropine, Noratropine, Meteolodine, hyosine, Fastusic acid etc.
THERAPEUTIC USES:
Kantikari – on external application, it improves skin quality
Vrananut – on external application, it helps in quick wound healing
Artinut – helps to relieve pain and inflammation on external application.
Kushtani hanti – used for external application in skin disorders
Jvara – its application is useful to relieve fever.
Tvagdosha, Kandu – detoxifies skin and relieves itching when applied as paste
Its paste or oil is prepared and used for external application to relieve pain, inflammation, itching and infested wounds.
Oral administration of purified Datura seed is indicated in chronic respiratory disorders, asthma and dysuria
INDICATION
Sedative, Antispasmodic, Anti asthmatic, Bronchodilator
USEFUL PART: Seeds, Flower, Root bark, leaves
DOSAGE:
seed, after purification- 50 – 100 mg
Root powder – 62.5 mg – 250 mg