Datura leaf

Datura leaf

(Modern Practical Chinese Medicine)

[source] the leaves of Datura stramonium or Datura tomentosa in Solanaceae. The plant morphology is detailed in the section of "Yangjinhua".

[collection] harvest from July to August, sun dry or dry.

[chemical constituents] the total alkaloids in the leaves of Datura stramonium are 0.22-0.55%, among which are colchicine, amantadine and atropine.

The total alkaloids in the leaves of Datura stramonium are 0.16-0.505%, in which the main alkaloids are amantadine and amantadine, as well as Honggu alkaloid, Tuoluo alkaloid and 7-hydroxy-3,6-bis-crotonoyloxytropine.

The total alkaloids in the leaves of Datura stramonium L. are 0.06-0.45%, which are mainly composed of amantadine, asparagine, atropine, honggudou alkaloid, Tuoluo alkaloid, 7-hydroxy-3,6-biscrotonoyloxytropine, etc. The content of total alkaloids in leaves changed during the day and night, increased after 23 p.m. and decreased after 7 a.m.

The content of total alkaloids in the leaves of Datura stramonium was less than that in the leaves of Datura stramonium.

[nature and taste] Modern Practical Chinese medicine: "bitter and pungent. "

[function indications] for asthma, cough, arthralgia, beriberi and anal prolapse.

① Modern practical Chinese medicine: "Ye Zhi extract is effective for spasmodic cough, wheezing and chronic bronchitis cough. "

② New edition of traditional Chinese medicine: "it is used to treat colic, gastric acidosis, liver pain, bowel swelling, tuberculosis, night sweat and dysmenorrhea in women. "

② "Collection of commonly used folk herbal medicines": "decocting and washing soup, treating wind, cold and dampness, beriberi, anal prolapse. Analgesia. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1-2 minutes; or soak in wine. External use: wash with boiling water or apply with mashed juice.

[selection] 1. To treat wheezing: a small amount of Datura leaf is mixed with tobacco and smoked. (Modern Practical Chinese Medicine)

② Treatment of intractable ulcer: fresh leaves of Datura stramonium, with silver needle dense puncture pores, and then boiled water or rice soup brewing, and then paste the affected area, change twice a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

③ External treatment of skin itching blisters: Datura leaves appropriate, mashed juice wipe the affected area. (Minnan folk herbal medicine)

[clinical application] treatment of chronic fistula

The leaf of Datura stramonium has the effect of absorbing pus and stimulating granulation growth. Method: take Datura leaf and wash it with cold boiled water, drill many small holes on the leaf with needle, put it in the leaf disinfection bowl, and prepare it with boiled rice soup. The wound was disinfected according to the surgical routine, and the treated Datura stramonium leaf was pasted according to the fistula hole. If more suction is required, the back of the leaf (i.e. the protuberant surface of the vein) should be taken to contact the wound; if more granulation is required, the front of the leaf (i.e. the fine surface) should be taken to contact the wound, and then the gauze should be covered, and the dressing should be changed 1-2 times a day. It was used in 7 cases of chronic osteomyelitis with fistula. The course of disease was short for half a month, and the longest was 14 years. Most of them had been treated with bone crawling and antibiotics, but had no effect. 4 cases were cured and 3 cases were effective. The shortest course of treatment was 7 days.

Chinese PinYin : Man Tuo Luo Ye