Argremone
Mexicana Linn
Introduction of the herb:
Common
names:
Prickly poppy, Mexican Thorn poppy, Mexican
Thistle, Amapolas del camp, Bermuda Thistle, Cardo Santo, Satyansi, Shate, Svarnasiri,
Yellow Thistle, Zeba Dragon
Uses of herbs
The Seri tribe of the northern Mexico use a
tea made from the leaves of Argemone Mexicana to treat kidney pains. This tea
is also said to dispel bad blood that accumulates during birth. The Pima also
use such a tea to treat kidney and bladder troubles. The Yucatec use the plant
to treat gallbladder.
In Peru, a plaster is made from Argemone
Mexicana and used to remove warts and to treat sleep disorders. A tea made from
the leaves is also used to treat asthma. In india, the latex is combined with
the cumin and oil and made into a paste which is used to treat skin diseases
and flesh worms. In Africa, the leaves are utilized for their sedative and
tranquilzing effects.
Method of
preparation
The leaves of the herb are typically smoked
or made into a tea which is taken with an accompanying cigarette, much as in
the way which Calea zacatechichi, the famous Dreaming Herb, is used. The seeds
have been ground and added to smoking mixtures as well, not only as a
potentiator, but for their own distinct effects. When available, the latex is
also smoked, just like many other plant resins. A.mexicana is typically regarded
as a sedative, but its visionary and psychoactive properties are just recently
being explored.
A.Mexicana is only recently coming in to the
spotlight as a medicinal herb and teacher plant, and there is much laboratory
and personal research that gets to be done to explore and verify what is mostly
anecdotal evidence regarding the effects of this plant.
Conclusion
Therefore , Argremon Mexicana
Linn advantageous to us as it cures
different disorders and diseases as well as used to produce various
products.And I would like to thank Mr. Amit Sijapati to provide me a golden
opportunity to perform this activity J
-Musicca Karki
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