Datura Stramonium, also known as 'Jimson Weed,' is a wild plant that grows across the U.S. It also can make a person hallucinate for several days - and even die. ... But the flowery plant also is deadly, and kills hundreds of people a year, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers.

Is stramonium a poison?

Datura stramonium (DS), known as Jimson weed is a wild-growing herb. The entire plant especially the foliage and seeds, is toxic due to its content of tropane alkaloids.

What is stramonium used for?

stramonium is described as a useful remedy for various human ailments including ulcers, wounds, inflammation, rheumatism and gout, sciatica, bruises and swellings, fever, asthma, bronchitis and toothache. Many folk medicine remedies use D. stramonium therapeutically [22].