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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Papaver somniferum

Common Name
Poppy,Opium; O Fu Jung; Kheshkhash Abu Al Noum; Opium; O Fang; Yu Mi; Chandu; Hashas; Madat; Adormidero; Ya P'Ien; Poppy; Opium Poppy; Adormidera; O P'Ien; Tengkoh; Gelinjik

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Aphrodisiac China *
Aphrodisiac India(Ayurvedic) *
Aphrodisiac India(Unani) *
Asthma China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Asthma Elsewhere *
Astringent China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Astringent China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Bite(Snake) France *
Bladder Elsewhere *
Bruise Elsewhere *
Bruise Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Calmative Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Cancer India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer US Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Uterus) Chile Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative China *
Catarrh Elsewhere *
Catarrh India(Unani) *
Catarrh China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.