Thin smooth pipes of erect forked-branched stems Datura ordinary, growing to half a meter, from June to August are decorated in their forks with large white funnel-shaped flowers. In July-September, the flowers turn into egg-like upright boxes of fruit with seeds inside. The genus of foodstuffs, belonging to the family of nightshade, has in its composition 13 species, capturing the vast geographical range from the Baltic to the African tropics. Datura ordinary, along with purple, Indian and harmless dope, belongs to the most common species.
The chemical composition of the dope
All parts of the dope are largely, although differently, composed of alkaloids - atropine, hyoscyamine, scopolamine. In the stems, their number is about 0.15%, and in the seeds - 0.22%. They are natural holinoreceptor blockers that affect the success of our muscles. In addition to alkaloids, the dope contains tannins, carotene and essential oils, thanks to which the plant has all its contradictory properties. In the dope's seeds, there is a lot (up to 25%) of fatty oil, the undoubted benefit of which for people exceeds many times the possible harm that can be avoided.
What is useful dope for the human body
Despite the anxiously sounding name, Datura vulgaris has a wide range of healing properties that have a beneficial effect on the human body, primarily antiseptic and soothing. As an antispasmodic, it is good for use against the symptoms of respiratory diseases (bronchitis, asthma, etc.), as well as diseases of vital internal organs (stomach and intestines, liver), saving people, in particular, from spastic constipation and colitis.
Cardiac bradycardia and a number of other diseases of the blood vessels are effectively treated with the help of the dope due to the properties of its drugs, which suppress the parasympathetic nervous system. There are cases of successful use of a herbal mixture of dope with adonis to alleviate the situation of people suffering from stomach cancer. Datura, which has undoubted beneficial properties, has certain contraindications that must be taken into account by the patients themselves, as well as by doctors and healers.
Did you know? The Aztecs used dope not only to treat almost all diseases, but also for the spiritual unification of people.
The use of dope in modern medicine, plant-based drugs
Modern pharmacology has used the centuries-old experience, creating a healing oil tincture with a wide range of uses, including potentiation of potency, on the seeds of datura.
Did you know? In antiquity, warm wine or olive oil, infused on crushed seeds of datura, was rubbed on the crushed seeds of datura to increase the sexual attraction and return of male power to the genital area.
In current pharmacies, more well-known is dope oil, which is industrially made from its fruits and seeds. The most famous part of its use was the removal of unwanted hair, although in fact it is used to treat both internal and external diseases. Datura leaves are part of various anti-asthmatic fees and drugs, and some of its components are ingredients of anti-inflammatory drugs for rheumatism, arthritis and pleurisy. In pharmacies, these funds are available by prescription in powder and tablet forms.
Important! The features of the use of drugs made on the basis of datura are carefully calculated doses, which, of course, must be approved by the doctor.
How dope is used in traditional medicine (recipes)
Household recipes offer three basic dosage forms of Datura ordinary as its use in traditional medicine - powder, spirit tinctures and decoctions, having determined the age-old practice that it is in them that the medicinal properties of Datura-herb are best used. There is also such an unusual form as the smoke from the burnt leaves of the dope - it, with the help of self-twisted cigars, inhale asthmatics to relieve the painful condition, as well as right next to the brazier, wishing to get rid of internal parasites. The cigar is twisted from the leaves of the dope, henbane and potassium nitrate purchased at the pharmacy in the ratio of 8: 2: 1. 
The powder is crushed dried leaves of dope. Indications for use are severe shortness of breath and convulsive cough. The dose is defined as the amount of powder at the tip of the knife. It is taken three times a day. The recipe for making a kind of tea from a dope is simple: the amount of dope's seeds placed in a teaspoon is poured into a glass, poured with boiling water for 30 minutes and the tea spoon is drunk three times a day. The effect of the infusion is calming, therefore it is useful in the manifestation of mental disorders, excessive excitability or convulsions. It also helps to reduce pain in a malignant tumor of the stomach.
Alcohol tincture is ready for use after 15 days of infusion of 85 g of dry seeds of Datura in 0.5 liters of vodka. The technology provides in this case a darkened room, daily shaking the container with the preparing drug, filtering the finished liquid. The course of application lasts 30 days, during which 25 drops of tincture, previously diluted in 0.1 l of water, are taken daily on an empty stomach. The remedy is prophylactic for the prevention of strokes and heart attacks and curative for getting rid of blood clots. It is possible and external use of infusion of dope. In this case, 20 g of its dry leaves are poured on for an hour with a glass of boiling water. The resulting infusion is mixed into a bucket of warm boiled water intended for a sitz bath, where the patient with the rectal prolapse is placed.
Important! Dope tincture is made every time, based on the characteristics of the ingredients and from its intended purpose.
For external use for mastitis, mastopathy, bruises and decoction is used from the seeds of dope. They also rinse the mouth and throat, and inside are taken to combat inflammatory processes, a teaspoon, diluted in half a glass of water. The decoction is effective, in particular, in inflammation of the lymph nodes. The recipe of preparation is also simple: one teaspoon of seeds is boiled in 0.2 l of water for a minute, infused for half an hour and then wrung out.
Datura: how to prepare medicinal raw materials
The main medicinal raw materials are the leaves of the dope ordinary. They are harvested during the flowering period, using dry weather. Rarely for medicinal purposes use the seeds, which are collected in the fall. Harvesting in both cases is done with gloves, since the natural toxicity of the dope can lead to trouble. The room for drying the collected raw materials should be well ventilated and darkened. The leaves begin to dry even in open space (in the shade), then transferring to an enclosed area.
Side effects and contraindications to the use of dope
Careless handling of ordinary dope, drugs and drugs from it is fraught with a serious toxic effect.
Symptoms, manifestations of which can develop from 10 minutes to 15 hours, in such cases include:
- dry skin;
- dry mouth;
- hoarse voice;
- thirst;
- nausea and vomiting;
- overexcitement;
- intermittent pulse.
There are cases when dope-grass causes strong hallucinations. The stupefying plants can lead to convulsions and loss of eye reaction to the light, and the pupils remain dilated even up to a crescent even after the doctors managed to save the patient from other symptoms of poisoning.
Should not use drugs based on the leaves and seeds of dope, to avoid serious consequences, people who have at least one of the following diagnoses:
- glaucoma;
- arterial hypertension;
- chronic diseases of the heart, liver, kidneys;
- ulcerative colitis;
- intestinal atony;
- prostate adenoma.
The fight against human diseases is not limited to the beneficial properties of datura. 
From its use as an additive to feed in pigs increases the fat content of meat. With the help of infusions and decoctions, gardeners and gardeners destroy harmful insects. Veterinarians save dope from convulsions of domestic animals. But the most important thing in the dope-grass, in view of the existing contraindications, is the alleviation of human suffering.
