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Despite this
Venus-ruled plant's fearsome reputation in Western
allopathic medicine, its flowers have long been
considered a medicinal herb in Ayurveda. This
tropical annual plant has flowers that can be up
to 7 inches long. They open at dusk and give off a
wonderful scent through the night, which shows
they have some Moon influence and makes them great
additions to a Moon garden. The flowers last
for only one day and are succeeded by spiny, weird
seed pods. Datura is one of the baneful herbs. It
contains the same chemicals as relatives
like
henbane
or
belladonna
and should not be ingested. If you wish to
interact directly with this plant, try the
scent. This plant is also
known as Hindu datura, dhatura, and Horn of
Plenty. This plant can be 3 feet high and 3 feet
wide.
General info about daturas, including how to grow
them.
Top Theory About Flying Ointments I recently read How Do Witches Fly? by Alexander Kuklin, which had an interesting premise--that flying ointments didn't kill their users because their creators balanced the poisonous ingredients against each other. Both Eclectic medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicines have played poisonous herbs off on each other so that their deadly qualities are modified, so I think this premise is quite a good one. The only problem is that the knowledge of how exactly to balance these poisons has not been well preserved. One place to look for information on how poisonous herbs can cancel each other out (i.e., antidotes) is King's American Dispensatory. Top |
Uses in Witchcraft & Magic:
Venus/Moon Herb |
Devil's
trumpet (Datura metel) Info
