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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
Spasm Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Spasm Elsewhere *
Spasm China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Spermatorrhea China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Spermatorrhea China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Spermatorrhea Japan(Okinawa) *
Sprain Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Sudorific Elsewhere *
Suicide Laos *
Swelling China *
Swelling Elsewhere *
Tonic India(Ayurvedic) *
Tumor(Abdomen) Egypt Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Ugh Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.