Yellow poppies

Today, Netherlands and Canada are leaders in consumption of yellow poppies as a legal drug mainly because they grow this kind of flowers, but as a spice or condiment in these cultures this flower has a minor role.

Yellow poppy (Galucium flavum) scientific clasification: Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ranunculales Family: Papaveraceae Species: Galucium flavum

California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) scientific classification: Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ranunculales Family: Papaveraceae Species: E. californica These poppies are almost “brothers” but they are not. Why not? Because of its alkaloid content. It must be kept in mind that yellow poppies have a great amount of alkaloids while the california poppies have a very low alkaloids content.

Yellow poppy’s medicinal characteristics: natural somniferous, it has alkaloids with sedative and hypnotic properties. In teas can be drunk more than three times a day, but if you still feel nervous it can be mixed with valerian or passion flower.

The yellow poppies are used in infusions against anxiety and nervous excitement. Besides, there are other plants or herbs with curative properties such as: anise as plant and aniseed in seeds, lavender, camomile, or mint are also valid options when it is time to calm people down. Anxiety becomes clear through symptoms such as: palpitations, cold sweat and tremblings. The nervous tension condition is experimented by the indivudual with insomnia, irritability, restlessness, and fear. When the anxiety condition becomes acute, there appear different physiological disorders such as: nausea, frequent urination, breathlessness, pupil dilatation, and panting. All these symptoms can be calmed down, even disappear absolutely with simple treatments known thousands of years ago which basis are the yellow poppies. In former times, in ancient Greece this plant was well known and popular. The Greeks used it to reinforce the heart and brain, it was also used to dispel several physical and moral pains. The active substances contained in the plant are: essential oils, resin, gallium acid, and mucilage. These substances exert on the human body a really valuable sedative action. From a long time it has been used as an infusion, tincture, medicinal wine and antihysterical water against disorders with different origins: nervous, liver, neuralgic, of digestive and intestinal systems, and in all situations where it is necessary to calm down nervous and painful conditions. Camomile, mint or anise tinctures and the camomile elixir constitute just other of the almost magical recipes to calm people down when you feel prisoner of nervous agitation. The recommended dose is one spoonful after lunch and another one after supper or just before bedtime. The mint plant is other valuable medicinal plant to calm people down, it must me drunk after each meal. The anise tincture is also universally considered as an excellent sedative, the recommended dose is ten drops after each meal or evertime that disorders are evident. If your stomach is empty it is adviced to dilute the tincture in hot beverages such as camomile or mint with the aim of avoiding stomach damages.