Evo ljudi nešto zanimljivo - tko voli/poštuje Daturu, poslije ovog članka će još više - na engleskom je, sori - i jes' malo i dugo, alje zanimljivo, pa kome se ne čita nek ne čita - radi se o dobrim, ljekovitim svojstvima Dature, kojih ima toliko mnogo - za začudit se ovako za dobrojutro
- ima i zanimljiva usporedba s Belladonnom - fascinantno je da biljke tako sličnog sastava zapravo to i nisu (čudesna naša Priroda), te u medicini imaju sasvim drukčiju primjenu:
In medicinal doses, Datura stramonium acts as an anodyne antispasmodic, without causing constipation, and will prove serviceable in cases where opium can not be given. It does not readily produce sleep, but if sleep follows, it is generally due to the alleviation of pain or nervous irritability produced by the drug. Belladonna has proved serviceable in
gastritis and
enteritis, and may likewise be used to allay
neuralgic pains. It is very remarkable that a plant so closely allied to belladonna in physiological action, should be so different in some of its therapeutical effects, and particularly in regard to pain. For deep-seated pain, as of
neuralgia, etc., it is far less effective than belladonna, but for
superficial neuralgia, when locally applied, it is more effective than that drug. It well illustrates the fallacy of prescribing remedies for certain effects, because of known physiological action of a drug—the therapeutical effects often being widely at variance. Again, it is more effective in mental disorders than is belladonna. Besides, while daturine, in some respects, exceeds atropine in power, in many respects it does not in the least accomplish the therapeutical results of the latter. Stramonium, in combination with quinine, forms an invaluable preparation which has been found beneficial in
intermittent fever, periodic pains, headache, dysmenorrhoea, delirium tremens, etc. It is said that the seeds exert an influence to prevent abortion.
While less effective than belladonna for the relief of pain, it may be employed in
neuralgic dysmenorrhoea, with nervous irritation,
tic-douloureux, spasmodic intestinal pain, sciatica, rheumatism, and
syphilitic pain. It is a minor remedy for some forms of
epilepsy. It has been lauded for
vertigo and
headache, from disordered conditions of the stomach produced by hyperacidity, and is also endorsed for
muscular tremblings of the hands of functional or reflex origin, and associated with great restlessness. When
gastric headache is accompanied with marked nervous erethism and unsteadiness, its action is specific.
Stramonium is a remedy of value in troubles resulting from
cerebral irritation, in abdominal derangements, when due to irritation of the sympathetic. It has long borne a reputation as a remedy for
acute delirium, and in
acute mania, the patient being violent, boisterous, angry, and possessed of a destructive tendency. Such delirium may occur as a grave symptom in inflammatory and febrile diseases, particularly in
zymotic diseases. The dose here ranges from a fraction of a drop to 4 drops of specific stramonium. In regard to its action in maniacal excitement and other nervous disorders, Dr. Scudder (Spec. Med., p. 251) says: "It may be given in acute diseases when the patient is
furiously delirious; in
delirium tremens, when the patient is enraged and inclined to injure those present, destroy furniture, or harm himself; in
violent mania; in
epilepsy, associated with or followed by maniacal excitement. In chronic disease, it is enough that the patient feels inclined to violent outbursts of passion, and has difficulty in restraining himself." It is often a remedy of value in
hysterical mania, with convulsions, and alternate laughing and weeping, and for
globus hystericus. With these conditions, there is usually headache, flushed face, and sexual irritation (Locke). Prof. Locke speaks of it as a good remedy in some forms of
paralysis following convulsions, strong injections, or shock, or due to suppressed eruptions. Bloating and redness of the face indicate it. For
retrocession of the eruptions in the
exanthemata, it is of considerable value, though less efficient than belladonna.
As an antidote to the
opium habit, stramonium may be given as follows: Rx Specific stramonium, ℥ss; tincture of cardamom, ℥iijss. Mix. Sig. Begin with 10-drop doses and increase as may be necessary (Locke). Stramonium is indicated in
cough, with constriction and difficult deglutition and impaired innervation. It gives temporary relief in purely
spasmodic asthma, but usually fails when dyspnoea or asthmatic breathing are due to pulmonary or cardiac diseases. As a remedy for asthma it was introduced into England, in 1802, by General Gent, who brought the custom from India, where the smoking of datura, under the name
gharbhah ("forgetfulness of home "), was common. It soon became very fashionable for individuals having difficult breathing to smoke gharbbah. For spasmodic asthma, the remedy may be given internally, and the following may be smoked or burned so as to be inhaled: Rx Powdered stramonium leaves, ℥i; powdered anise seeds, powdered potassium nitrate aa ℥ss. Mix without trituration. Sig. Burn a thimbleful of this powder under a conical vessel, as a funnel, and inhale the fumes. Or equal amounts of sage and stramonium leaves may be smoked in a pipe until slight nausea is induced (Locke). It is useful in severe paroxysms of
whooping-cough, with hemorrhage from the mouth and nose, and in
haemoptysis, brought on by fits of coughing, or by spasm. It is a better cough remedy than opium, as it does not arrest the secretions. Stramonium has been extolled for its effects in
milk-sickness. In plethoric habits, and in patients with determination to the head, the larger doses of stramonium must be administered with caution, keeping the excretory organs, as the skin, kidneys, and bowels, in an active condition during its employment.
Externally, a poultice of the fresh leaves, bruised, or the dried leaves in hot water, will be found an excellent application over the bowels, in severe forms of
gastritis, enteritis, peritonitis, acute rheumatism, painful bladder affections, pleurisy, etc. "I have in many instances applied the leaves to the perineum, in cases of
retention of urine from enlarged prostate, where it was impossible to introduce a catheter, and, after having allowed them to remain for about 1/2 hour, have been enabled to pass the catheter with ease and facility, and thus afford relief to the patient. I have met with similar good results in
spasmodic urethral stricture" (J. King). It will also be found beneficial as a local medication to all species of
painful ulcers, acute ophthalmia, taking care not to produce too great mydriasis,
swelled breasts, orchitis, parotitis, and other
glandular vulvar inflammation, inflammatory rheumatism, and
irritable hemorrhoidal tumors. An ointment of it is very valuable in many of the above diseases, but it should be prepared carefully without too great heat, from fresh leaves and stems, if possible. In cases where the leaves can not be obtained, a plaster of the alcoholic extract or inspissated juice may be applied over the affected parts, or the extract may be rendered thin by heating it in diluted alcohol, and then forming into a poultice with meal or moistened bread and applied. The ointment is exceedingly efficient in
cutaneous hypertrophy around the anus, attended with great itching, and sometimes with sero-purulent secretion. Dose of the powdered leaves or seeds, from 1/10 to 5 grains; of the extract, which is the best form of administration, from 1/20 to 2 grains; of the tincture, for which the seeds, bruised, are preferable, from a fraction of a drop to 30 drops; specific stramonium 1/20 to 10 minims.
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