Datura fatuosa

Amethyst is the scientific name of plants Datura fatuosa widespread in Indonesia, especially in dry climates. Amethyst is found growing wild in the open on sandy soil that is not so humid, like in the bush, open grassland, river or planted in the garden as a medicinal plant. Amethyst originally estimated from the U.S. and can be found in lowland areas up to a height of 800 above sea level.

Perdu, a year, erect, the base is generally woody, branching, 0.5-2 m high, toxic. Single leaves, stemmed, where the line of sight. Leaf blade oval shape, pointed tip, the edges curved, 6-25 cm long, 4.5-20 cm wide. Single flower, trumpet-shaped, upright, out of the end of the stem, flowers will bloom before the sunset and will bud the next afternoon. The fruit is fruit box, round shape, sharp thorns and stickers. Seeds many, small, flat, brownish yellow. Amethyst can be propagated by seeds.

Properties & Benefits
Taste bitter, spicy, warm nature, poisonous (toxic), into the heart meridian, lung and spleen. Amethyst efficacious anti asmatik, anti-cough (antitussive), antirheumatic, pain relievers (analgesics), an aphrodisiac and numbing (anesthetic)

Chemical Ingredients
Amethyst contains 0.3-0.4% alkaloids (about 85% and 15% scopolamine hyoscyamine), hycoscin and atropine (depending on variety, location and season). Active chemicals can cause hallucinations for the wearer. If the cone-shaped alkaloids isolated it will be detected methyl crystalline compounds having a relaxing effect on muscle movement.

Used Parts
The main part used is the flower. In addition, roots and leaves are also efficacious as a medicine. These herbs can be used fresh or after drying.

Indication
Flowers are used to address:
Asthma, shortness of breath, chronic bronchitis, coughing,
Severe pain in advanced cancer,
Stomach pains, rheumatism,
Seizures or epilepsy (seizures) caused fear.

Shock (fall in blood pressure so that the patient weak) due to infection or toxins (toxic),
Mental illness (psychosis), and
As an anesthetic in surgery (anesthesia)

The roots are used for the treatment of:
Cholera,
Shortness of breath;

leaves used to treat:
Shortness of breath, whooping cough, bronchitis;
Lumbago, rheumatism, bruises;
Dandruff;
Mucus in throat;
Wormy.

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TOOTHACE

Plants used traditionally seing Datura to treat dental disease directly or combined with other materials. Its roots have properties relieve tooth pain, how to use them are:

1. Rubbing the roots of the gums are sore tooth.

2. Plus ginger root, crushed and then placed on the gums as a pain reliever.

3. Mixture of lime juice (1 tablespoon), mill Adenostemma lavenia warak leaves (1 tbsp), Datura mill roots (1 tbsp), then pour boiling water with salt water (3 / 4 cup), squeeze and strain. Used to rinse his mouth for several minutes.

4. Datura roots (50 g), leaf legetan (10 sheets), turmeric (10 g) finely ground, brewed with boiling water, filtered, used to rinse and then drunk after being given a bit of salt.

The leaves are often used to treat swelling due to toothache, by the way:

1. Datura leaves, onion, and ginger crushed and then compress on the swollen spot.

2. Collision leaves are used as a cream to treat toothache.

Seeds are used to relieve toothache by putting dried beans on top of Datura skillet heat fed coconut oil, coconut shell and then closed the hole, the smoke blown-breathe into the mouth by using a bamboo funnel for 15 to 1 hour.

As antidotum, in case of poisoning, Datura used a mixture of ginger and green coconut water to drink

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Datura Metel

Perform self-medication when sick is a reflection of people's behavior toward the onset of symptoms a disease. One form of self-medication is the traditional way. Materials / traditional medicine in some areas known to be beneficial to clean the teeth and mouth and reduce complaints of pain due to dental disease, but not to heal. Thus, the use of traditional medicine is a temporary measure only which means it should still be taken care by a dentist.

Traditional medicine is the ingredient or ingredients in the form of plant material, animals, minerals, or mixtures of these materials which were hereditary used for treatment based on experience. One of the plants used as traditional medicine in the treatment of dental and mouth is a cone-shaped tree.

Amethyst has the scientific name Datura species fastuosa, and Datura metel Linn. In some areas, amethyst is known by the name of a similar crate kucubung (Sunda) and kachobung (Madura).

Amethyst including clump plant type which has a main stem and thick wood, much branched, growing to a height of less than 2 meters. Leaves oval-shaped and notched at the edges sharp. Cone-shaped flowers resemble white trumpet and violet. The fruit is almost round which one end is supported by a short stalk bunches and strongly attached.

Fruit cone-shaped exterior is coated in the thorns and it contains small seeds are brownish yellow. Amethyst grown at low altitude ground 800 meters above sea level. In addition to growing wild in the fields, amethyst is often planted in the garden or yard.

All parts of plants amethyst, namely roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds, contain alkaloid compounds. Alkaloid content of most present in the roots and seeds, can reach 0.4 to 0.9%. leaves and flowers range from 0.2 to 0.3%.

Some alkaloids consisted of Atropine (is antikholinergik), Hyoscyamin (is antikholinergik), scopolamine (is antikholinergik), hyoscine, fatty substances, and Calcium Oxalate, atropine and scopolamine clinical effect in principle be used to stop the spasms in the treatment of colitis spasti, gastroentritis, and peptic ulcer disease.

Also used to reduce respiratory tract secretions during anesthesia, gastric secretion in peptic ulcer treatment as well as nasal and sinus secretions in the treatment of colds and allergies. In the state of iritis is used to prevent adhesions between the iris and lens of the eye.

Atropine also is on state antidotum poisoning. Scopolamine have depresen activity in the central nervous system and is used as a cure motion sickness. It used to be combined with morphine and scopolamine is used as a sedative and premedication. Because quite dangerous, these products are now banned. At this time of scopolamine is used widely in combination with anti-histamine.

Symptoms of poisoning that can arise in the use of atropine and scopolamine are rast skin, dry mouth, difficulty urinating, eye pain, and sensitive to light. Patients were given antacids such as alumina gel to inhibit drug resorbsi.

In the field of dentistry, Atropine (0-6 mg) may be administered orally to reduce the salivary secretion resulting in dry work areas.

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cough

Lantana camara leaf dry as much as 5 g boiled in 3 cups of water until the remaining half. after chilling filtered, divided for 3 times as much drinking, ie morning, afternoon and evening.


Note:
Excess doses cause dizziness and vomiting.
Pregnant women should not drink boiled Lantana Camara, because it can cause fetal death.

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LANTANA CAMARA

Lantana Camara

lantana camara sometimes growing wild or planted as an ornamental and hedge plant. Plants originating from tropical America can be found from the lowlands to an altitude of 1,700 meters above sea level., In open spaces exposed to the sun or slightly shaded.

Shrubs, erect or somewhat climbing, high 0.5 to 4 m, smelly. Stem woody, much branched, branches of rectangular shape, spiny, hairless. Single leaf, face, round eggs, pointed tip, base obtuse, serrated edges, pinnate, both surface-haired, rough palpability, length 5-8 cm, width 3.5 to 5 cm, dark green color. Inflorescence compound grains form, the crown of the hair, the color white, pink, orange, yellow and so on.

Lantana camara leaf contains lantadene A (0,31-0.68%), lantadene (0.2%), lantanolic acid, humulene, etc. family members verbenaceae taste sweet and cool. roots efficacious for reducing body heat, detoxifying, and pain relievers. its leaves are used to relieve itching, antitoksik and eliminate swelling.

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