Hello, Datura stramonium and Datura metel L. have largely similar medicinal uses throughout the world. The most widely known use of Datura stramonium and of other Datura species is for relieving asthma, cough, tuberculosis and bronchitis by smoking the dried leaves, roots or flowers.

Hola Paloma. Te recomiendo que, al menos para empezar, mires el libro "plantas de los Dioses" de Schultes et al, y el "Pharmacoteon" de Ott para el tema fitoquímico, y que además del género Datura mires también el cercano Brugmansia. Si quieres puedo ayudarte en la revisión. un saludo!

Gracias Guillermo!! Las plantas de los Dioses y lo de Brugmansia ya está hecho, pero el Pharmacoteon me viene bien. espero recibir respuesta de distintas partes del mundo. Hay otro grupo en Mexico trabajando sobre el tema y querriamos ver las semejanzas-diferencias entre un lado del Atlantico y otro. Besos

There are many in the U.S. See the Native American Ethnobotany database at http://herb.umd.umich.edu/

This recent journal article is a good overview of the pharmacology of Datura species, and has a section on traditional medicinal uses;

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3621465/

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Erowid may provide some useful leads...

http://www.erowid.org/plants/datura/datura_faq.shtml#2b

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Hope these are useful,

Paul.

Here's the full text PDF of the article I quoted above (attached below).

There's some more info here;

http://medplant.nmsu.edu/datura.html

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Dear Paul,

thanks so much for the very useful information. It is amazing the amount of uses of this genus, and the list is growing. I´ve never heard about the use to treat dundruff and falling hair.

Regards and Merry Christmas

Paloma

Hai,

Datura species are used to treat many ailments in Tamilnadu, India. Especially Datura metal is used to treat Headache, epilepsy, convulsions, cramps, rigid thigh muscles, febrifuge, diarrhea, rheumatism, narcotic. the plant are used externally.

Thanks Marimuthu,

Could you please give more details about how the plants are used, in cataplasm or infussion?

Regards

Paloma

Infussion and Paste

@ Paloma Carinanos

Please have a look at the following RG links and a PDF attachment.

Article Phytochemistry, pharmacological and traditional uses of Datu...

Article Medical importance of Datura fastuosa (syn: Datura metel) an...

Article A review on the pharmacological and toxicological aspects of...

Article REVIEW ON DATURA METEL: A POTENTIAL MEDICINAL PLANT

Article Phytochemical and Pharmacological status of Datura fastuosa Linn

Article Datura stramonium: An overview of its phytochemistry and pharmacognosy

Article Historical evidence of Datura in the Old World and implicati...

Article Rediscovering the medicinal properties of Datura sp.: A review

Chapter Diversity of Floral species used in religious and cultural p...

Article SACRED GROVES: AN ANALYSIS MADE IN THE CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE ...

Thanks!

Hello, Datura stramonium and Datura metel L. have largely similar medicinal uses throughout the world. The most widely known use of Datura stramonium and of other Datura species is for relieving asthma, cough, tuberculosis and bronchitis by smoking the dried leaves, roots or flowers.

Please take a look at the following PDF

Datura species uses in devotional purposes for ganesha from hindu relegion from India by the knowing of its medicinal value not only Dstura 21 important medicinal plants used traditional devotional programmes

I agree with Karen's answer!