The efficacy and function of thistle poppy

Poppy has a long history, and up to now, Poppy has more and more uses. I wonder if you guys know about the other effects of Poppy. Let us introduce it in detail below, hoping it will be helpful to you guys.

【English Name】Mexican Pricklepoppy

【Alias】 Rat

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Papaver somniferum, a plant of the Papaveraceae family.

[Original form] Poppy is an annual herb, 30-100cm tall, with bitter juice. The stem is branched, scattered with thorns, and covered with white powder. Basal leaves are densely clustered; with short petioles less than 1 cm long; leaf blades are elliptical, 5-20 cm long, 2.5-7.5 cm wide, green on the upper side, grayish white on both sides along the veins, grayish green on the lower side, with scattered thorns along the veins on both sides, deeply pinnate-shaped edges, lobes with wavy teeth, and thorns at the tips of the teeth; stem leaves are alternate, sessile or semi-amplexicaulous. Flowers densely arranged in terminal inflorescence; pedicels extremely short; each flower with 2-3 leaf-like bracts, 1-3cm long and 1-1.5cm wide; sepals boat-shaped, 1cm long, with spurs at the tip, thorns at the tip, and a few thorns scattered on the outside, which fall off when flowering; 6 petals, broadly obovate, 1.7-3cm long, yellow or orange-yellow; filaments about 7mm long, anthers narrowly oblong, 1.5-2mm long, curved into semicircle to circle after cracking; ovary oblong, about 0.7-1cm high, covered with yellow-brown extended thorns, style extremely short, stigma 3-6 lobed, dark red. The capsule is oval, 2.5-5cm long, 1.5-3cm wide, covered with sparse yellow-brown spines, and has 4-6 lobes that split from the tip to 1/4-1/3 of the total length. The seeds are spherical with obvious reticulation. The flowering period is from May to July, and the fruiting period is from June to August.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in fields or rivers at an altitude of 850-1200m.

[Chemical composition] The above-ground part contains allocryPtoPine, protopine, berberine, dihydrosan-guinarine, dihydrochelerythrine, san-guinarine, chelerythrine and other bioalkaloids. The contents of protopine and allocryPtoPine are the highest during the flowering period, which are 0.09% and 0.32% respectively.

【Nature and flavor】 Pungent; bitter; cool

【Meridian】 Spleen, lung, gallbladder

【Functions and indications】Induces sweat and promotes diuresis, clears away heat and detoxifies, relieves pain and itching. . It is used to treat colds without sweating, jaundice, gonorrhea, edema, eyelid lacerations, hernia pain, scabies, and syphilis.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-6g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash the juice for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": It has the functions of reducing swelling, promoting bile secretion, removing phlegm and stopping diarrhea. The whole plant is used for jaundice and edema, the root for chronic skin diseases: the seeds are used as a laxative, emetic, expectorant, and have anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

From the above description, we can know that the nutritional value and medicinal value of poppy are very high. It can treat some diseases and can also be used as a raw material for diet therapy. It is indeed a good choice for health and wellness.