PAPOULA ( Papaver rhoeas ) serve para bronquite e insônia

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PAPOULA (Papaver rhoeas) is used for bronchitis and insomnia

Poppy is a herbaceous flower with annual growth that is used for opium production.
The plant is the poppies or poppy family (Papaveraceae) and the genus Papaver.
Poppy flowers appear from June to August.
Different parts of the poppy are used, especially the dry sap of the petals, whose properties are known for its sedative, analgesic and antidiarrheal properties.

Alkaloids are extracted from the sap and have a wide use in
industry and pharmacy, such as: morphine, codeine, tebaine, narcein and several other important alkaloids.

After flowering, something similar to a capsule appears inside, which, if scratched, produces a white liquid and, after drying or
evaporating results in a substance called brown opium.
In English, it is also known as “Poppy seed” - poppy seed.
The use of poppy oil comes from ancient times: images of poppy oil were found in the rubble of the Sumerians, who called it the “plant of happiness”.
The use of opium was detected in the Minoan civilization.
The ancient Greeks called it opium.

Its health benefits include use in the treatment of headaches and runny nose, reduced appetite, digestive, reduced libido and relaxation.

For its use as a medicine, there is great production in Australia, Turkey and India, the largest producers of opium according to appropriate procedures.
It can be transformed into medications, such as morphine and codeine.