Poppy Plants Medicinal
Poppy seeds contain a large percentage of oil, rich in phosphorus and lecithin, much like sunflower oil, edible, although little used in food, despite its ability to reduce cholesterol in the blood.
Opium and poppy are two plants of the family of poppies, characterized by their capacity for synthesis of various alkaloids in the poppy predominates, the Poppy has identified more than 20, mixed in juice white, the opium.
Characteristics of the poppy as a medicinal plant
Herbaceous plant that lives just over a year, the high is up to 2 m. The stems, holes develop the flower on the end, with white or pink petals, very large. The fruit is a hard capsule, like a small grenade that contains the seeds. The leaves are broad and serrated edges which are very numerous, arise directly from the stem, holding him, without petiole.
