Jimson weed is a plant. The leaves and seeds are used to make medicine.
Uses: Insufficient Evidence to Rate Effectiveness for...Asthma, Cough. Nerve diseases. Causing hallucinations and elevated mood (euphoria).
More evidence is needed to rate the effectiveness of jimson weed for these uses. A few other names for the plant: Angel Tulip, Datura, Devil's Apple, Devil's Trumpet, Jamestown Weed, Locoweed, Mad-apple, Nightshade
Despite serious safety concerns, jimson weed is used to treat asthma, cough, flu (influenza), swine flu, and nerve diseases.
Some people use it as a recreational drug to cause hallucinations and a heightened sense of well-being (euphoria).
Jimson weed contains chemicals such as atropine, hyoscyamine, and scopolamine. These chemicals interfere with one of the chemical messengers (acetylcholine) in the brain and nerves.
In the United States, the plant is commonly known as
"Jimsonweed" (or, more rarely, "Jamestown weed"). This name
derives from Jamestown, Virginia, where soldiers sent to suppress Bacon's
Rebellion in the English colony of Virginia reportedly consumed the plant and
spent eleven days in altered mental states:
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