[Introduction to Datura]
Datura is a perennial herbaceous plant. It grows 40-90 centimeters tall and has milky white sap when broken. The leaves are alternate. The flowers are pale yellow and often have 6-8 flowers at the top of the stem or singly in the leaf axils. The fruit is spherical with soft spines and splits into three chambers when mature. It often grows in patches in degraded grasslands, and the color of its leaves changes from green to yellow to red from summer to autumn. It can be used medicinally.
Chinese name: Datura
Also known as: Geshi Nuo, Wu Tu, Wu Hu Xia Xi Shan
Phylum: Angiosperms
Subclass: Rosids
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Tribe: Euphorbieae
Subgenus: Euphorbia subg. Chamaesyce
Scientific name: Euphorbia jolkinii Boiss.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Order: Malpighiales
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species: Datura
The source is the roots of the euphorbiaceous plant Datura.
Plant morphology: Datura, also known as Wu Hu Xia Xi Shan or Sou Shan Hu.
It is a perennial herbaceous plant, reaching a height of 50 centimeters, with white milky sap when broken. The root is cylindrical, unbranched, and has a dark brown outer skin and a yellowish-white inner surface. The leaves are alternate, lanceolate, 4.5-6.5 centimeters long and 1 centimeter wide, with a blunt apex and a wedge-shaped base, and have entire margins. The flowers are usually 6-8, born at the top of the stem or singly in the leaf axils, and are pale yellow. The fruit is spherical with a diameter of about 1.3 centimeters, has soft spines on the outside, and splits into 3 chambers when mature. It blooms in summer.
It grows on mountain slopes and grasslands. It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.
Collection:
Harvest in autumn, wash, slice, dry, and grind into powder.
Properties and taste: Bitter, pungent, warm, and toxic.
①"Dian Nan Ben Cao": "Warm in nature, bitter and numbing in taste, highly toxic."
②"Yunnan Medicinal Plants": "Bitter, warm, highly toxic."
[Efficacy and Actions of Datura]
"Yunnan Medicinal Plants": "Stops bleeding, reduces inflammation, and reduces swelling. Used to treat external bleeding."
Caution: This herb is toxic and should not be taken internally.
Selected formula for treating scabies and skin diseases: Grind Datura and Sichuan pepper into a fine powder, mix with sesame oil or lard, and apply it externally. Avoid windy conditions. ("Dian Nan Ben Cao")
[Efficacy and Actions of Datura]
