Amethyst is not only useful as a narcotic plant. Other efficacy that can be obtained from the amethyst is quite a lot. Some of them are as toothache medicine and asthma.
Amethyst (Datura metel L) is known as a plant that negative effect. Trumpet-shaped flowers of plants that are often misused for busting consciousness or as a narcotic substance as efficacious anesthesia cone-shaped leaves. This is mainly because these plants contain crystalline methyl which has a relaxing effect on striated muscle.
Because the shape is like a trumpet plus a negative connotation, Americans and Europeans later called it a devil trumpet. Abuse is actually derived from the habits of a group of people in India who use amethyst to anesthetize the sacrifice to the gods.
Be calm
Until now, amethyst was still considered negative. In fact, the assumption is not very appropriate because this plant also has a positive value. Since the first, using a cone-shaped Chinese society as a cold medicine. Could be, the effects of spicy, bitter, and warm is what makes the amethyst used to cure the flu.
In India, cone-shaped seeds are crushed and mixed with fat into external drug for impotence sufferers. In addition, the drug believed to increase sexual stamina. Another benefit of amethyst, in addition to cope with the flu and impotence, also good for relieving asthma and toothache.
In the website of Science and Technology stated that amethyst contains chemical compounds alkaloids. Alkaloid compounds consisted of atropine, hiosiamin, and scopolamine which are antikholinergik. Amethyst also contain hyoscine, fatty substances, calcium oxalate, meteloidina, norhiosiamina, norskopolamina, kuskohigrina, and nikotina.
An herbalist, Dr. Setiawan Dalimartha, explaining that the substance is useful as a reliever asthma and scopolamine hipociamin besifat antikholinergik. The effects of these substances greatly relieve asthma.
Alkaloids could dilate the airways are narrowed again due to an asthma attack. Then, scopolamine also has activity for central nervous system depressant that is often used as a drug antimabuk.
Must be careful
To note, the use of amethyst can be side effects. Poisoning can happen. According Endah Lasmadiwati, herbalist from Sringanis Garden Bogor, the use of cone-shaped leaves that just crushed and placed on the forehead can make people drunk.
That is why, we must be very careful in the use of amethyst. At the very least, consult with your herbalist or physician before using the herb amethyst.
Symptoms of poisoning usually occur, mainly due to substance atropine and skolopamin, is dry mouth, constipation, sensitivity to light, and eye pain. Giving an antacid is commonly used to resolve the issue.
Amethyst often found in cool temperate regions. In some areas, amethyst named by kucubung (Sunda) and kacubung (Madura). Amethyst including herbaceous plant species. Crown white trumpet-like flowers purplish.
Cone-shaped white flowers are considered the most toxic compared with other types also contain alkaloids. Therefore, its use should be very cautious and only limited as foreign drugs.
This alkaloid compounds found in all parts of plants amethyst, starting from the root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit, until the seeds. However, there is the greatest content in the roots and seeds. If poisoning potions amethyst, try not to fall asleep. Drink coffee and do not forget that hard to breathe fresh air as much as possible
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