CALIFORNIA POPPY HERB[ESCHSCHOLZIA CALIFORNICA]
Listing description
Eschscholzia californica (California
poppy, Californian poppy,[1] golden
poppy, California sunlight, cup of gold) is a species of flowering plant in
the Papaveraceae family, native to the
United States and Mexico.
Detailed description
It
is an ornamental plant and it is used medicinally and in
cooking, and it became the official state flower of California in 1903.
Uses
California poppy leaves were used medicinally by
Native Americans and the pollen was used cosmetically, while the seeds
continue to be used in cooking.[4][dead link]
The plant is used as an herbal remedy: an aqueous extract of the plant
has sedative and anxiolytic actions.[6] The extract acts
as a mild sedative when smoked, but the effect is far milder than that of opium because California poppy contains a different class
of alkaloids:[7][8]
"An aqueous alcohol extract of Eschscholzia
californica has been evaluated for benzodiazepine, neuroleptic,
antidepressant, antihistaminic and analgesic properties.
The plant extract did not protect mice against the convulsant effects of pentylenetetrazol,
and did not cause muscle relaxant effects, but appeared to possess an affinity
for the benzodiazepine receptor. The extract induced peripheral analgesic effects in mice but
did not possess antidepressant, neuroleptic or antihistaminic
effects."
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