In Ayurveda Dhatura is used for treating lunatic disorder, body ache, swollen legs, ear ache, baldness, soreness of the eyes, cure boils, stop lactation, cure snake bite.
Dhatura Did you know that the creamy white flower of Dhatura plant, a most toxic shrub, commonly growing in the wild all over India, of the solanaceae family, is offered to Lord Shiva with the prayer to remove its toxicity like jealousy and envy from our body and soul? Dhatura, with botanical name Dhatura Solanaceae, commonly growing in the wild in waste lands all over India, belongs to solanaceae family. It is known in India by the three species (though over all there are nine species identified world over) members. These are: Dhatura alba, safed datura, a white flowered plant; Dhatura niger, Kala datura or Krishna datura;, a purple flower plantl; and Dhatura stramonium. The generic name Datura is taken from Sanskrit धतूरा dhatūra and in the Ayurvedic text ';Sushruta Samhita', different species of Datura are also referred to as kanaka and unmatta. In English usage, it is known as Jimson we...
