Sterospermum colais – Pathiri, Pathiri, Poopathiri, Pumbathiri, Karingazha, Karinkura, Kouringoura, Trumpet Flower, Yellow Snake Tree – Plant

Brugmansia, nowadays commonly grown as ornamental flowering plants, contains deliriant hallucinogenic tropane alkaloids, including atropine, scopolamine, and hyoscyamine, which can induce delirium and hallucinations. Modern medicine acknowledges the medical value of these alkaloids, such as spasmolytic, anti-asthmatic, anticholinergic, narcotic, and anesthetic properties. While many of these alkaloids are now artificially synthesized, they have been traditionally used in South American indigenous cultures for medicinal purposes and as entheogens in religious ceremonies. Externally, Brugmansia preparations have been applied as poultices, tinctures, and ointments to treat aches, pains, dermatitis, and more. Internally, they have been used with caution, in highly diluted forms, for stomach and muscle ailments, as a decongestant, and to induce vomiting or expel parasites.

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