{"id":2611,"date":"2016-03-08T22:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T03:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2016-03-08T22:00:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T03:00:09","slug":"jimson-weed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/2016\/03\/08\/jimson-weed\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimson Weed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Jimson weed is a highly poisonous ‘medicinal’ plant spread all over the world.
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Jimson weed (Datura stramonium<\/em>), photographed in B\u00e9k\u00e9scsaba<\/a>, Hungary<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

People have used this poisonous plant as a remedy for asthma and as a general analgesic. It is however full of atropin and scopolamine often in unpredictable concentrations which makes ‘medicinal’ and harmful\/dadly doses hard to estimate.<\/p>\n

Just because something is a natural herb based product it does not mean it is safe and harmless.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A close up of the fruit of the Jimson weed.<\/p><\/div>\n

Since the plant grows all over the place on multiple continents people should at the very least recognize and avoid it.<\/p>\n

Further Readings:<\/h4>\n
\nDatura stramonium<\/a> on Wikipedia.
\nDatura stramonium<\/a> by Dr. Giuseppe MAZZA.
\nErowid Datura Vaults : Jimson Weed Poisoning<\/a>.
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