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Botanical Name |
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Papaver rhoeas Linn. |
English
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Red Poppy. Corn Poppy and Corn Rose |
Family |
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Papaveraceae |
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General Info
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An erect, branched, very variable annual, 30-60, cm. high. Leaves pinnately divided: segments more or less cut, awaned; flowers scarlet, with a dark eye; capsules sub-globse, smooth; seeds dark brown. |
| Herb Effects |
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Expectorant, sedative, diaphoretic and pain reliever (flower); narcotic (latex); antimicrobial, anticancer (plant extract); sudorific, sedative and anodyne (petals); anodyne, emollient, emmenagogue, expectorant, hypnotic, slightly narcotic and sedative (flowers and petals) |
Chemistry
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Berberine, allo-cryptopine, glaucamine and glaudine (plant); mecocyanin chloride, cyanidin-B and pelargonidin-C (flower); rhoeadine (leaf, root, capsule and flower); coptisine and protopine (root and aerial part); rhoeadic and papaveric acids (fresh petals) |
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Pharmacology
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As a pain reliever, diaphoretic, insomnia, jaundice, hoarse voice and cough (flower); as a tonic (seed and leaf) and narcotic (latex) |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Bentley and Trimen, Medicinal Plants.
The Himalaya Drug Company.
Johnson T. CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference (www.herbweb.com/herbage). |
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