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Market nameDhatura
Formal nameDhattura
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Dhatura bija (T), Kaladhatura bija (B), Dhatura bija (H), Unmatta (K), Ummam (M), Ummatta (Te), Umattai (Ta), Lanta-tsa (Ti), Kalo dhaturo (N), Attana, Ela-attana, Kalu-attana (Sin)
English nameDatura Seed
Original plant nameDatura metel L. (= Datura fruticosa Linn.), Datura Seed
Family nameSolanaceae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification seed
Collection informationIndia, New Delhi, Hans Raj & Sons
Collection date1991/05/07
CollectorTsuneo Namba, et al.
TMPW No.12065

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Scientific information data base

Crude drug nameAyurvedic name or
Sanskrit name, English name		Dhattura (Seeds), Datura Seed
SynonymsKarambha, Dhuttura, Dhurjati, Turundi, Durjarasamjna, Bhogi, Puspanta, Puspika, Subhaga, Unmatta, Matulaka, Kanaka, Halahala, Madanaka, Devikasuta, Dhurta, kitava, unmattaka, Mahamohi, Sivapriya, Madana, Kithava, Satha, Syama, Sivasekhara, Kharjuraghna, Kahalapuspa, Khala, Kandaphala, Mohana, Kalabha
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Original plant nameDatura metel L. (= Datura fruticosa Linn.)
Family nameSolanaceae
Used partSeeds, Roots
Distribution areaThroughout hotter parts of India; weed in waste places, roadsides etc.; also cultivated.
RemarksCommon.
Common usesSeeds are aphrodisiac, narcotic and antispasmodic and are useful in boils, asthma, insanity, fever accompanied with catarrhal symptoms, odontalgia, otalgia, gastropathy, skin diseases, dandruff and lice.
Therapeutic usesJvara (fever), Kustha (skin diseases), Yuka (lice), Liksa (dandruf), Vrana (wounds), Krmi (worms), Visa (poison), Kandu (itching), Unmada (mental disorders)
Chemical constituentAlkaloids
Scopolamine (*C1), Hyoscyamine (*C1)

Pharmacological effectThe alkaloid hyoscine in large doses causes delirium, coma and even death.
Medical systemAyurveda (Traditional Indian medicine)
Traditional conceptRasa (Taste)Kasaya (Astringent), Madhura (Sweet), Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent)
Virya (Potency)Usna (Hot)
Guna (Quality)Guru (Heavy), Tiksna (Sharp)
Vipaka
(Post digestive taste)		Katu (Pungent)
Prabhava
(Special action)		Madaka (intoxicant)
Karma
(General action)		Madakrt (intoxicant), Varnakrt (increasing complexion), Agnikrt (increasing digestive fire), Kantikara (increasing lusture)
Dosakarma
(Action on dosa)		Decreases Kapha Pitta, increases Vata
Dhatukarma(Action
on body tissues)		Dusta raktaghna (pacifying bad blood)
Avayava
(Action on organ)		Tvak (skin)
Traditional usage1. Juice of Dhattura (Datura metel) leaves mixed with sugar and taken in dose of 125 ml alleviates all types of fever.

2. Juice of Dhattura leaves is an excellent destroyer of organisms.

3. Juice of Dhattura leaves mixed with mercury or juice of heated leaves destroys ticks and lice by local application.

4. Mustard oil should be cooked with Dhattura seeds along with alkaline water of Manaka. It removes cracks of feet immediately.

5. Seeds of Dhattura used in increasing doses with cold water destroys severe filaria.

6. Pills made of Dhattura seeds pounded with the decoction of Kustha (Saussurea lappa) for eight days each weighing about 30 mg. These act as astringent and are useful in chronic coryza.

7. Dhattura and white Punarnava (Boerhavia diffusa) are good remedies for rabies.

8. The patient of rabies should eat cakes prepared with Sarapunkha (Tephrosia purpurea) root 10 gm and Dhattura 10 gm mixed with rice and pounded with rice water while covered with Dhattura leaves.

9. Fruits of Dhattura and root of Kakodumbara (Ficus hispida) taken with vinegar or rice water destroys rabies.

10. The person who takes one fruit of Dhattura pounded with decoction of Asana root becomes free from rabies.

11. In alopecia, the nearby vein should be punctured and the surface is scarified deeply and pasted with juice of Dhattura leaves and Bhallataka (Semecarpus anacardium).

12. Ezcema and ring worm are destroyed by local application of the juice of leaves of Dhattura, Nimba (neem) and betel separately.

13. Application of the juice of Mandukaparni (Centella asiatica) and paste of the Dhattura root destroys boils.

14. Application of the paste of Haridra (turmeric) and Dhattura fruits removes pain in breast.

15. Payasa (rice with milk) cooked with northen root of white Dhattura and mixed with jaggery and ghee alleviates all types of insanity.
FormulationDhurdhurapatradi taila, Kanakasava, Dhatturaphala basma, Dhatturadipralepa, Dugdhavati.
Related drugsDatura stramonium L.
CommentsDhattura creates mental instability. Seeds should be purified by boiling with milk in the Dola yantra (an instrument for drug processing).

There are five varieties according to Raja nighantu - White, blue, black, red, yellow.
ReferencesReference book　

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[2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras)
Vol. 2 (Repr.1997), pp 305-308.

Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants, 1956. Chopra, R.N., Nayar, S.L. and Chopra, I.C., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi. - New Edition (1996) National Institute Science Communication; Supplement
p 91.

Illustrated Manual of Herbal Drugs Used in Ayurveda, 1996. Sarin, Y.K., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi
p 220.

Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore
577.

Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi
Vol. 2, pp 500-503.

Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi
p 201.

Research paper*C1. Noro, Y., Hisata, Y., Okuda, K., Kawamura, T. and Tanaka, T.; Net. Med., 53, 130-33 (1999).
RemarksRoot, leaf and flowers are used in traditional medicine. Useful to treat dog and insect bites; they are astringent, germicidal, anodyne; useful in respiratory ailments, earache, eye diseases etc.

Vernacular names Dhatura, Datura etc., are common irrespective of the species.
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