Hua tuo why prepared with datura flower anesthetic

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On June 10, 2004

The Times of health

Our ancestors in the early detection of a kind of herbs called datura flower has a very good anaesthesia effect, eat a little, then drift like a drunk, is like a dead man, ax, also not feeling the pain. In The Three Kingdoms period of hua tuo use it to add black top drug mixture "hemp boiling away", to general anesthesia, and successfully conducted tumor resection, gastrointestinal anastomosis, craniotomy surgery difficult. Then cao cao head wind disease relapse, a splitting headache, call hua tuo make a diagnosis and give treatment. Hua tuo told him that the root cause of illness in the head, should first drink hemp boiling, and then open the skull with ax, remove air stripping, can instant solutions. Cao Caowen perlocutionary, frightened to disgrace, doubt hua tuo to harm yourself, in a rage, he will hua tuo into death row. Soon afterwards, against the princes, very brutally killed him. '

Datura flower why medicine? Also known as stem tuo blue lotus flowers, make it, they were drunk, for the solanaceae plant Bai Mantuo or Mao Mantuo, dry flower. Agriculture in jiangsu, zhejiang, fujian, guangdong, guangxi, hubei, sichuan and other places. '

Traditional Chinese medicine thinks, datura flower sexual flavour, warm, have a smooth wheezing, the action of anesthesia and analgesia. '

According to research, datura flower contains active ingredients such as scopolamine. A significant sedation by scopolamine, general dose can eliminate emotional, make the person produces drowsiness, into dreamless sleep. If with hibernate medicines, can produce a powerful synergy, quickly enter the anesthesia. '

Datura flower has been used for anesthesia and treatment of many diseases. Datura flower to raw kusnezoff monkshood root, rhizoma ligustici wallichii, angelica decoct soup to drink, such as Chinese medicine surgery anesthesia, postoperative recovered well in general. But at the same time because of postoperative revival slower, anesthesia depth is also insufficient ideal, is a fly in the ointment. But if the gold mineralization is applied proper, do not break is medicine: add datura flower liquorice decoction soup, take orally, chronic bronchitis, can make breathing smooth smooth, has good curative effect. Datura flower, pinellia, coltsfoot flower and tobacco and, such as smoking method of absorption, can treat asthma. Take datura flower with tomato root, garlic, Chinese prickly ash leaf Fried water wash, joint pain can be cured. Datura flower research into fine at the end of the stick in the affected area, take a few facial sores can be cured. '

However, special should be vigilant, datura flower because of toxic, internal and should be used carefully, especially the infirm should be disabled. Because of dried flowers toxic dose of about 30 grams, more than half an hour to 1 hour after taking a face or skin flush, restlessness, heart rate, unsteady gait, auditory hallucination, illusion, thirsty, pins and needles or even a fever coma, the symptom such as incontinence, convulsions, severe cases can cause death. General first aid methods desirable raw liquorice, mung bean right amount, mash, open blisters, or decoction. In addition, the use of wet towel apply the forehead, chest in patients with folk therapy, there are certain emergency effect. '

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