Caucasian Poppy (Papaver caucasicum)

高加索罂粟gāo jiā suǒ yīng sùGaojiasuoyingsu

Papaver caucasicum · Plant

Papaver, standing in for Papaver caucasicum
This photo shows Papaver, not Papaver caucasicum: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains alkaloids; may cause sedation and respiratory depression; avoid during pregnancy; limited safety data.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Caucasian Poppy for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Abdominal PainInsomnia Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Caucasian Poppy does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit CalmingBenefit Respiratory Cough

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Papaver caucasicum and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.

  • Benefit Calming0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory Cough0 records
  • Abdominal Pain0 records
  • Insomnia Syndrome0 records