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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

Activities

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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
Cold Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Colic Elsewhere *
Conjunctivitis India(Unani) *
Conjunctivitis Elsewhere *
Cough China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cough Europe *
Cough China *
Demulcent Elsewhere *
Demulcent Elsewhere *
Diarrhea China *
Diarrhea India(Ayurvedic) *
Diarrhea Malaya *
Diarrhea China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Diarrhea Japan(Okinawa) *
Diarrhea China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Dysentery China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Dysentery Elsewhere *
Dysentery India(Unani) *
Dysmenorrhea Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.