California Poppy Tincture
£10.00 100ml
Tincture of fresh California Poppy - ariel parts (Eschscholzia californica) 1:2 25%
Eschscholzia californica, oranic grain alcohol
Adult Dose: 2ml up to three times a day unless otherwise directed.
Avoid when breastfeeding unless under professional supervision.
Seek advice before taking this alongside strong painkillers.
Seek advice and appropriate dosage before giving to children.
Use with caution alongside psychosis, neurological disease, depression, history to allergic reaction to plants in the Papaveraceae family, liver and kidney disease.
Eschscholzia californica
Common name: California Poppy
Family: Papaveraceae
Part used: Aerial parts
Habitat: This poppy can be identified amongst other poppies by it's four bright orange petals and collar-like receptacle at the base of the flower. California poppy grows wild on the open grassy slopes of Californian hills and in many other open sunny places in North America. Widely sown on verges by local councils in the UK .
Constituents: Isoquinoline alkaloids and carotenoids (yellow-orange pigment in the petals).
Actions: Anxiolytic, analgesic, mild sedative, hypnotic, antispasmodic
Traditional and current uses:
• Stress, anxety, nervous tension
• Disturbed sleep and insomnia
• Children with sleep difficulties
• Nerve pain: trigeminal neuralgia, sciatica, toothache, migraine or tension headache.
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