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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Papaver somniferum (Papaveraceae)

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Common name(s)
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 Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Ache(Head) Asia *
Ache(Stomach) Japan(Okinawa) *
Ache(Stomach) Malaya *
Ache(Tooth) China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Ache(Tooth) Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Analgesic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Analgesic Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Analgesic Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Analgesic India(Unani) *
Anodyne Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Anodyne Elsewhere *
Anodyne France *
Anodyne Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Anodyne Elsewhere *
Anodyne India(Unani) *
Anodyne China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Anodyne Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Antidote(Cicuta) Elsewhere *
Antitussive China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.