tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860495554490220900.post5462584729740125244..comments2024-03-11T23:45:59.766-07:00Comments on And I Think to Myself...What A Wonderful World.: Creature (...plant) Feature: Datura.KuroKarasuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16178372821014335415noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860495554490220900.post-15620965500744471202017-03-13T09:12:13.218-07:002017-03-13T09:12:13.218-07:00Any large flowered Angel Trumpet with flowers hang...Any large flowered Angel Trumpet with flowers hanging downward is a Brugmansia not a Datura. If they hang downward and have much smaller often more tubular shape and are deep blue, purple or red they are Iochroma. Datura, Brugmansia, Iochroma are all related and in the Deadly Nightshade family. They carry a similar family of Belladonna Alkaloid toxins. 'Correct' dosing for' desired' effect(s) is very hard to determine. Toxin levels and possibly ratio ratios can very significantly by plant type, tissue type, season and growing conditions.<br /><br />Sub-LEATHAL doses can give vivid, essentially near death experience hallicinations. This or marginally higher level doses can 'gift' muscle paralysis, beginning from the extremities then creeping upwards towards the core body. IF the core is reached with sufficient toxin levels, a one's heart muscle can relax. Thus,this is not recommended = game over! IF this happens AND you're lucky that there are future lives, try to learn this time and don't repeat this mistake!<br /><br />Many people wearing contacts or glasses have already had the pleasure of experiencing some of the effects of these toxins, as one eye drop given to them temporarily paralyzing their eye iris! <br /><br />In the late 1800's, some individuals believed that women with large open pupils looked sexy. And so belladonna eye drops were sold. Home belladonna eyedrop use included an unexpected death or two by toxin overdose. There's a more recent report of a greenhouse worker watering Brugmansia in a greenhouse. One day they sprayed a plant's leaves and saw a water droplet run down a leaf and land in their eye. It took a couple days for their pupil to contract back to normal! A sobering experience about these powerful plants. Luckily there was no other side effects that time.<br /><br />Finally, ever hear of horses going crazy from "Loco Weed"? The theme was popular in early Hollywood western movies. This was based on experiences of real horses grazing on "Jimson Weed", which is a Datura. If the galloping panicking horse could be tied up and not fall over a cliff or run into a wall during during their hallucinations, they had a better chance of living. If they ate too much, the cowboy walked home horseless anyway.<br /><br />The point is that for any animal including humans belladonna alkaloid induced hallicinations can be far from enjoyable and are potentially dangerous. There are frequent reports as hellish, demonically dangerous, or for instance spiders bitting, monsters chasing, and/or zombies tearing off my flesh. One's belladonna toxin influenced mind knows best how to badly scare themselves, when trying to rationalize what might be bringing their death near. <br /><br />I'm very happy to have had no personal experience with any of this. Literature research is sufficient for me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17582013242609649642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860495554490220900.post-30140155088413977672017-03-13T08:56:57.800-07:002017-03-13T08:56:57.800-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17582013242609649642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860495554490220900.post-9211253652709365142013-01-03T10:19:18.884-08:002013-01-03T10:19:18.884-08:00Very good... your closing para gives me ideas ;)
O...Very good... your closing para gives me ideas ;)<br />On a more serious note, I've been around Dhatura plants since childhood, but the real education has only started in these past few hours. Seeing how its plans differ in Atropine content by a ratio of 1:5, even differing in levels in the leaves, I'll keep on the side of caution, and either not do it at all or try some in light amounts.vib.h.uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04837518178594972048noreply@blogger.com