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  2. Chumash traditional medicine - Wikipedia

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    For example, the poppies Papaver californicum in California and Papaver somniferum were used to treat pain. Both species contain morphine and papaverine , powerful opiates . Several other medicinal parallels between the two cultures exist, including the use of diterpenoids and flavones to treat skin irritations and flavonols and tannins for ...

  3. Eschscholzia californica - Wikipedia

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    Eschscholzia californica, the California poppy, golden poppy, California sunlight or cup of gold, is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, native to the United States and Mexico. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant flowering in summer (spring in southern Australia), with showy flowers in brilliant shades of red, orange ...

  4. List of medicinal plants of the American West - Wikipedia

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    California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) was chewed by California Indians to treat toothache and to decrease milk production in nursing mothers anti-galactogogue. [ 4 ] Ephedra spp. is used as a diuretic , as a treatment for urinary tract infections , for asthma , and as stimulant due to the presence of ephedrine and other compounds.

  5. Californidine - Wikipedia

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    Because of the sedative, anxiolytic, and analgesic effects, the herb California Poppy (Amapola de California, Eschscholzia californica, Pavot d'Amérique, Pavot d'Or, Pavot de Californie, Poppy California, Yellow Poppy) is currently sold in pharmacies in many countries. [5]

  6. Eschscholzia - Wikipedia

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    in and around Joshua Tree National Park in both Riverside and San Bernardino counties of California Eschscholzia caespitosa— tufted poppy, foothill poppy, collarless California poppy: from Oregon, across California, to Baja California Eschscholzia californica— California poppy: Oregon, across California, to Baja California Eschscholzia elegans

  7. Opium - Wikipedia

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    Opium (also known as poppy tears, or Lachryma papaveris) is the dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum. [4] Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which is processed chemically to produce heroin and other synthetic opioids for medicinal use and for the illegal drug trade.