Latin, Datura lurida, D. Stramonium, Solanum maniacum, Stramonium foetidum, S. majus album, S. spinosum, S. vulgatum ;
English, Apple of Peru, Devil’s apple, Jamestown weed, Jimpson weed, Stink weed, Stramonia, Thorn apple;
French, Pomme epineuse;
German, Stechapfel;
Urdu, Dhatoora.
A fetid, noxious, annual herb, with spindle-shaped, almost vertical, ligneous, fibrous,
whitish root. The stem, 3 feet high, is erect, round, dichotomously-branched,
glabrous and green the leaves, 5 to 6 inches long, are alternate, at
times opposite, more or less scattered on short round petioles in the
forks of the stems, ovate, triangular, unequal at the base,
sinuate-dentate, smooth, dark-green above, pale beneath; the older
leaves are perforated by worms. The white flowers appear from July
to October, are 3 inches long on short axillary peduncles and sweet
scented, especially at night, at night the leaeves next the flowers
rise up and enclose them. A nearly globular, very prickly capsule
encloses numerous odourless, or nearly odourless wrinkled seeds,
which are reniform and flattened, and of a dull brownish-black color
when ripe. Every part of the plant is poisonous.
Found in :-
Pakistan, India, Iran, Afghanistan and the United States, everywhere except in the colder temperate and arctic regions.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr.Hahnemann in 1805, Frag. d. Vir. 239. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IX. 175.)
The fresh plant in flower and fruit.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Stramonium, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 200 Cc. | = 300.
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Distilled water | 200 cc.
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Strong alcohol | 635 Cc.
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x to contain one part of tincture,
three parts distilled water,
six parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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