JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Kecubung not only useful as a tranquilizer plant. Other efficacy that can be obtained from amethyst was quite a lot. Some of them are as toothache and asthma drug.
Amethyst (Datura metel L) is known as the plant that affect it negatively. Trumpet-shaped flowers of plants that are often misused for relief as a matter of consciousness or anesthesia because anesthesia efficacious cone-shaped leaf. This is mainly because these plants contain crystalline methyl which has a relaxing effect on striated muscle.
Because of its negative connotations, such as trumpets added, Americans and Europeans later called it a devil trumpet. Abuse are in fact derived from the habit of a community group in India that uses a cone-shaped to anesthetize sacrifice for the gods.
Are soothing Until now, amethyst was still considered to be negative. In fact, such an assumption is not very appropriate because this plant also has a positive value. From the first, using a cone-shaped Chinese society as a cold medicine. Could be, the effects of spicy, bitter, and warm is what makes amethyst used for flu drug.
In India, cone-shaped seeds are crushed and mixed fat become foreign drugs for patients with impotence. In addition, the drug believed to increase sexual stamina. Another benefit of the cone-shaped, in addition to overcoming the flu and impotence, also good to relieve asthma and toothache.
In the website of Science and Technology stated that amethyst contains chemical compounds alkaloids. Alkaloid compound consisted of atropine, hyoscyamine, and scopolamine which are antikholinergik. Amethyst also contains hiosin, fatty substances, calcium oxalate, meteloidina, norhiosiamina, norskopolamina, kuskohigrina, and nikotina.
An herbalist, Dr. Setiawan Dalimartha, explained that the substance is useful as a reliever asthma is hipociamin and scopolamine which besifat antikholinergik. The effects of these substances is very ease with asthma.
Alkaloids could dilate narrowed again respiratory asthma attack. Then, scopolamine also have activity for central nervous system depressant that is often used as a drug antimabuk.
Must be careful Noteworthy, the use of cone-shaped can of side effects. Poisoning can happen. According Endah Lasmadiwati, herbalist from Park Sringanis Bogor, the use of cone-shaped leaf that just crushed and placed on the forehead can make people drunk.
That is why, we must be very careful in the use of cone-shaped. At the very least, consult a herbalist or doctor before using a cone-shaped herb.
Symptoms of poisoning which usually arise, mainly due to atropine and skolopamin substance, is a dry mouth, constipation, sensitivity to light, and sore eyes. Giving antacids are commonly used to resolve the issue.
Amethyst are often found in cool temperate regions. In some areas, amethyst named by kucubung (Sunda) and kacubung (Madura). Cone-shaped plant species including shrubs. Crown white trumpet-like flowers purplish.
Cone-shaped white flowers are considered the most toxic compared with other species that also contain alkaloids. Therefore, its use should be very careful and only limited as foreign drugs

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