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$19.95 - 1 oz
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California Poppy
Eschscholzia Californica
California Poppy General
Information
California Poppy is an annual or perennial growing to 2 ft. It
has finely cut leaves and bright orange, yellow, pink, or red
flowers. Orange and yellow poppy blossoms once covered the
mountains of coastal California, so impressing Spanish
explorers that they named the region the Land of Fire. Before
the land was developed, the flowered hills shone so brightly
that sailors coming from the sea used them as beacons to guide
them inland. Today this poppy is California's state flower.
California Poppy is closely related to the opium poppy but it
has a far different effect on the central nervous system. The
California Poppy is not narcotic. Rather than disorientating
the user, it tends to normalize psychological function.
Hundreds of years ago, the local Indians used the plant as a
painkiller, particularly for toothaches. They also used it for
insomnia and headache. Externally, the plant was used as a
poultice for sores and ulcers. The California Poppy contains
sedative alkaloids in its sap and has mild antispasmodic, and
analgesic properties.
California Poppy Uses & Scientific Evidence For
Due to its mild sedative effects, California Poppy is
considered a valuable herbal medicine for treating physical
and psychological problems in children. It is also used to
help overcome bedwetting, difficulty in sleeping, colic,
nervous tension and anxiety. The root is still used today for
relieving the pain of toothaches and as a tea, it is used for
treating headaches, anxiety, and insomnia. Californians of
Spanish descent cook the plant in olive oil to use as a hair
tonic that they believe makes the hair grow thick and shiny. |
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