Ethnobotanical Plant Papaver somniferum | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
Pertussis	Japan(Okinawa)	Duke, 1992 *
Pertussis	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Piles	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Poison	Europe	Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison	Spain	Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Poison	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison	Europe	Duke, 1992 *
Poison	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Prolapse	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Rectum	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Respiratory	Europe	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Rheumatism	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Sedative	China	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sedative	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Sedative	Europe	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Sedative	France	Duke, 1992 *
Soap	Europe	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Spasm	China	Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.