I-Datura ngamanye amaxesha isetyenziswa njengechiza le-hallucinogenic. Inokutyiwa ngokutya imbewu kunye namagqabi okanye ukuzitshaya. Abanye abasebenzisi baye baxela ukwenza i-infusions.
Ngaphandle kweengozi ezininzi ezifumaneka ekusebenziseni kwayo, iDatura ayithathwa njengento elawulwayo kwaye ukulinywa kwayo kusemthethweni. I-Datura Stramonium isetyenziselwa enye iyeza kwiidosi ze-homeopathic (ihlanjululwe kakhulu).
E-Indiya, i-Datura yayisetyenziselwa ukuvelisa ityhefu kodwa kwakhona njenge-aphrodisiac. EYurophu yayisebenza njengesithako kumayeza esintu kwaye yaziwa ngokuba yenye "imifuno yamagqwirha".
Abanye abasebenzisi beDatura banike ingxelo yokuba abakhumbuli ukuyithatha kwaphela, kwaye abakwazi ukwahlula phakathi kwemibono kunye nenyani. Uninzi lubalisa ngamava amnyama nawoyikeka; ukulahlekelwa kukuzazi nokukwazi ukuthetha.
Iziphumo zeDatura azinakwenzeka ukuba ziqikelele ngenxa yoxinzelelo oluguquguqukayo lwealkaloids. Kungoko ukubonelela naluphi na uhlobo lwedosi “ekhuselekileyo” kulucelomngeni. Iziphumo zinokuhlala ukuya kwiintsuku ezimbini, kwaye amava anokuba mkhulu kwaye angakhululeki. Iziphumo zomzimba zinokubandakanya umlomo owomileyo, amehlo kunye nolusu; ukwanda kwentliziyo kunye nobushushu; ubuntununtunu ekubambeni; ukubona luzizi; isiyezi kunye nesicaphucaphu.
Iziphumo zengqondo ziquka ukuphazamiseka, i-paranoia kunye noloyiko, kunye ne-depersonalization, i-amnesia, kunye nokunyuswa kwengcebiso.