Thorn Apple is usually identified as weed. It is locally called talong-talong. The plant is somewhat identical to the eggplant, perhaps derived its name from it. The dried leaves of the thorn apple is good for asthma patients, used as a cigarette as the smoke is a potent herbal remedy for asthma.
Asthma is a chronic lung disorder that is marked by recurring episodes of airway obstruction (as from bronchospasm) manifested by labored breathing accompanied especially by wheezing and coughing and by a sense of constriction in the chest, and that is triggered by hyperreactivity to various stimuli (as allergens or rapid change in air temperature)
Botanical Name | Datura Metel Linn.
