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Low doses of California Poppy
reduce anxiety
California poppy is one of the oldest North American remedies for stress-induced maladies including sensitivity to changes in the weather. The above ground parts and roots of this wildflower show promise in the treatment of insomnia without the side effects and dependency risks of prescription sleep aids. Higher doses of California poppy are sedating, lower doses reduce anxiety and lower stress. The effect is far milder than that of opium, which contains a different class of alkaloids.
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| Safety not established during pregnancy, since it may cause uterine contractions, nursing or for children under the age of 6. |
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Preparation Methods :California poppy is most frequently used as a tincture, but can also be taken as a tea or encapsulated. It is combined with hawthorn and magnesium salts in formulas for relieving anxiety. Also commonly combined with birthwort, night-blooming cereus, kava, lavender, passionflower, St. John's wort, and/or valerian.
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 Remedies using : California Poppy
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California Poppy for :Anxiety, restless legs syndrome |
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California poppy is closely related to the opium poppy, and is a calming and anti-inflammatory agent. Unlike the opiates found in the opium poppy, the alkaloid components of California poppy do not cause addiction or disorientation as they induce relaxation (in lower doses) or sleep (in higher doses). This herb also stops muscle spasms and relieves pain. Useful in cases of anxiety and restless legs syndrome. Phyllis A. Balch, Prescription for Herbal Healing (2002) |
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- Flowers:Bright orange, pink, red, or yellow, 2 to 4 inch wide, flowers open to the sun, close at night
- Plant typ:Tender perennial, or annual plant
- Leaves:Blue green
- Medicinal Part: The aboveground parts of the poppy are used in herbal medicine
- Preferred Habitat:drought-tolerant, self-seeding,colonizes along roadsides and other disturbed areas, widely grown as a garden plant
- Distribution:United States and Europe, state flower of California
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California poppy blended with corydalis in a Chinese patent formula available as Corydalis Formula |
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 California poppy is one of the oldest North American remedies for stress-induced maladies, the leaves were used medicinally by Native Americans to ease toothache. |
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